The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 10th May 2002 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 10th May 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Wacky plan involves spinning a discMADCAPAAcross 5: Edward''s about to receive what''s left over from wreckDERELICTAAcross 9: Third generation pianos playingGRANDSONAAcross 10: Highly narcotic drug several get intoPOTENTAAcross 11: (and 13,20) "O Fate!", I lament, "Withered and finished unpredictably!"INTHEMIDSTOFAAcross 13: See 11LIFEAAcross 14: Model trains in front of containerTEA CHESTAAcross 17: Lug crone to Eastern city of yoreCARTHAGEAAcross 18: He''s said to display humilityNEILAAcross 20: See 11WEAREINDEATHAAcross 23: Old-fashioned place in FranceSQUAREAAcross 24: Greek character to shock birdNUTHATCHAAcross 25: Dandy making unseemly haste to tee offAESTHETEAAcross 26: Leaderless war engine impeded by chainANKLETDDown 2: Bringing a brother round for a hairdoAFRODDown 3: Season puts silly mid-on in the moneyCONDIMENTDDown 4: Prepared to split vegetable with old coinPESETADDown 5: Bow and scrape when news is broadcast between ballsDANCEATTENDANCEDDown 6: Voting system is interfering with effective counter-attackREPRISALDDown 7: Plenty flanking underground flowerLOTUSDDown 8: So NHS price-fixing needs regulation?CENSORSHIPDDown 12: Episodic resentment involving nursesPICARESQUEDDown 15: It''s a shrewd idea to gamble on one with a handicapHUNCHBACKDDown 16: Inhabitant of the Orient Express initially chasing graduate on railwayBALINESEDDown 19: Invocation causing upturn in cunning little warMANTRADDown 21: Zoroastrian''s source of Sunday lunch?ROASTDDown 22: Hurt the billmanACHE