The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 6th June 2002 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 6th June 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tried to get recipe to go in cookerSTROVEAAcross 4: Army officer around in the Mediterranean?MAJORCAAAcross 9: Angered about obligations incurred when highDELIRIOUSAAcross 10: He could be nothing more than a lady-killerROMEOAAcross 11: They could be prickly about theatre openingCACTIAAcross 12: Little boy once got 4 for a tannerDANDYPRATAAcross 13: What to do at university?READINGAAcross 15: The old chaps one may find in AdenYEMENIAAcross 17: Debilitated by careless actionATONICAAcross 19: War leader influences fashionWINSTONAAcross 22: Taking part in course with no student finishing?COMPETINGAAcross 24: Panic in jolly fashionALARMAAcross 26: It's contrived to act as service dressCOTTAAAcross 27: Position of a yes-man with a view to advancementPROMOTIONAAcross 28: Educated woman's witty sally about a strait-laced typePURITANAAcross 29: First person's love rejected in IndiaMYSOREDDown 1: From whom one may need to be rescuedSEDUCERDDown 2: Venerable object held by Roman priestRELICDDown 3: Colour of lubricant swallowed up by pestsVERMILIONDDown 4: Virgin clasped child in brotherhoodMASONRYDDown 5: He may be slapdash in assemblingJERRYDDown 6: Artist keeps trademark during new termREMBRANDTDDown 7: A taste one has for a rodentAGOUTIDDown 8: Not ultimately the good cooked mealHOT-DOGDDown 8: Not ultimately the good cooked mealHOTDOGDDown 14: About time to change aircraft accessoryALTIMETERDDown 16: It's de rigueur to be male and right-wingMANDATORYDDown 18: Saintly snob?CRISPINDDown 19: Cart came first without a horseWAGGONDDown 20: Subject of a put-up job?NOMINEEDDown 21: It might help to keep a cool head?ICE CAPDDown 21: It might help to keep a cool head?ICECAPDDown 23: Old law was strictEXACTDDown 25: Have a fighter round as a friendAMIGO