The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st June 2002 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st June 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Do away with taxEXCISEAAcross 4: Kind of oil, which helps things to run smoothlyCASTORAAcross 9: More unmarked fruitPLUSAAcross 10: New location on-line for image-worshipICONOLATRYAAcross 11: First of old parliamentarians with attitude, getting crossOPPOSEAAcross 12: Twice each month one has small ups and downsNEAP TIDEAAcross 13: Dreary River Oise breaking over motorwayWEARISOMEAAcross 15: One twice got the birdIBISAAcross 16: See 25MEREAAcross 17: Freedom fighters in holy city shortly to take up pilgrimage, you say?MUJAHEDINAAcross 21: Well-read people in orbit are tilting overLITERATIAAcross 22: Service postOFFICEAAcross 24: So upset, doctor runs off to therapy to get treatment ?OSTEOPATHYAAcross 25: Stuff dough and what goes with Cumbrian butterCASHAAcross 26: The birds and the bees and a flower finished off King ColeNATUREAAcross 27: A pointer for a Bunthorne?SETTERDDown 1: Obscure excerpts from film in Early EnglishECLIPSEDDown 2: Topless club started by college kidCISCODDown 3: Goes around introducing first lover to second partnersSWIVELSDDown 5: Acknowledgement of a letter deliveredAVOWALDDown 6: Reactionary transport board will be easy to leadTRACTABLEDDown 7: Welder without money raised a screenREREDOSDDown 8: Dreaming Rovers failing MOT, lass is numbSOMNAMBULISTSDDown 14: Blue uniform shirt issued once in a blue moonRAREEVENTDDown 16: Monster returns, supporting Mao's introduction to ChinaMEISSENDDown 18: Balmy Mr Capp carrying nowt to TynesideANODYNEDDown 19: One can produce a score when rising composer (no saint) catches coldINCISORDDown 20: Meat for each basketHAMPERDDown 23: Flippant cashier promises to pay for small planeFACET