The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 17th May 2002 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 17th May 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Human that's like a fox?EARTHBORNAAcross 10: Mother parachutes from aeroplane - that shows backboneCHINEAAcross 11: Scent it's time to leave returning groups of monkeysSPOORAAcross 12: Detestable as 9 may beABHORRENTAAcross 13: Spy ringSLEEPERAAcross 14: Girl on the game contracted a rashRUBELLAAAcross 17: Pop, but classicalPATERAAcross 19: Trendy, but lacking wit to get clobberHITAAcross 20: Resistance shown by Workers' Party to Royal FamilyTUDORAAcross 21: Does hiding-place cause one to be late?DELAYERAAcross 22: Tea includes, in addition, a kind of bunCHELSEAAAcross 24: Dog has run out with programme? That's rarely conceivable!COGITABLEAAcross 26: Rich soil for frameMOULDAAcross 28: It's Project No. 5 - and that's flat!PLANEAAcross 29: Is place in chaos south of the mountains?CISALPINEDDown 1: Disorder is mounting in AssemblyMESSDDown 2: Rupert Bear, say?BROOKEDDown 3: Sort of policy to suit the Lib-Dems?THIRD PARTYDDown 4: Tick found on mane and coat of animalMOHAIRDDown 5: Solitary worker's absorbing taskANCHORETDDown 6: Second limo - a mark of the well-healed, they saySCARDDown 7: Beauty wearing crash helmet seriously malignedLIBELLEDDDown 8: Soak has imbibed litres of punchWELTDDown 13: Soft-spoken, captivating and with tasteSAPIDDDown 15: Bar label on type of dairy productBUTTERMILKDDown 16: Halt development of unborn over a main arteryAORTADDown 18: Message in margin let backTELEGRAMDDown 19: Book robust defenderHARDBACKDDown 22: Celebrity could be made upCHEESEDDown 23: Workshop for the academic? Count us out!STUDIODDown 24: Work put into church vestmentCOPEDDown 25: We're told watershed forms this lineTIERDDown 27: Sea bassDEEP