The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 14th June 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 14th June 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Oriental ruler chasing unusual sea birdEASTERNERAAcross 10: Domestic right for a poetHOMERAAcross 11: Unenlightened article on battle in a foreign oneUNAWAREAAcross 12: Drawbridge made of copper in a Swiss cityBASCULEAAcross 13: Very keen now about sixAVIDAAcross 14: Ted ate tuna salad, becoming thinATTENUATEDAAcross 16: Offhand, despicable people love going by railwayCURSORYAAcross 17: Turn coy, ending up in a state?COUNTRYAAcross 19: Hastily running pipe round mobile homeSCAMPERINOAAcross 22: Excellent woman objectsAIMSAAcross 24: Work on Act I upset student of visionOPTICALAAcross 25: Wine found amongst the clarets in any cellarRETSINAAAcross 26: Follow to make certain ringleader's goneENSUEAAcross 27: Nursed by a famous female singer I dropped offCHERISHEDDDown 1: Patron from the nearby army depot?REGULARCUSTOMERDDown 2: One training fruit producers?ESPALIERDDown 3: Crossword compiler raised boy's honourMEDALDDown 4: Can re-order new tyres on-lineANCESTRYDDown 5: Are including a bull at both ends, fit for ploughingARABLEDDown 6: Dictionary he's taken into the "Bull"THESAURUSDDown 7: Supply a slideAMOUNTDDown 8: Finds Des in rally, travelling around TongaFRIENDLY ISLANDSDDown 15: School functioned, though only taking up a small spaceCOMPACTEDDDown 17: Birds on a jail signCANARIESDDown 18: Decline to take unmarried twin to fairTWILIGHTDDown 20: Demonstrate some ideas Watt establishedATTESTDDown 21: Widow's souvenir tin-openerRELICTDDown 23: Way to help to become soberSTAID