The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 28th June 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 28th June 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Raw meat treats - karate chopped!STEAK TARTAREAAcross 8: Scrap containing plug holes may be produced with thisBRADAWLAAcross 9: Crooked looking prime minister not quite shutting up last of oppositionASQUINTAAcross 11: ¿1 given to one in Birmingham for a drugLIBRIUMAAcross 12: Effete blockbuster directionEPICENEAAcross 13: Poison? Sound the alarm!TOXINAAcross 14: Religious teacher taking duck from zoo - a bird to put in the oven?ZOROASTERAAcross 16: Clear round left one unconsciousOBLIVIOUSAAcross 19: Fourpence for roll first covered with butterGROATAAcross 21: Perfectly peaceful parts of Piccadilly not needing a PCIDYLLICAAcross 23: Read half of a Scott novel and notice central characters are mechanicalROBOTICAAcross 24: Hard workers in the city of Paris?TROJANSAAcross 25: A south-west state and a north-east state backing midland AustraliaARIZONAAAcross 26: Let star liner make such a voyageINTERSTELLARDDown 1: "Speaker's Platform", a programme on TVSOAPBOXDDown 2: Set in Ulster, love story all about high spiritsELATIONDDown 3: Priest taking musical toy round city in MichiganKALAMAZOODDown 4: Saw girl, huge, being cut in halfADAGEDDown 5: Abandoned ale, quit liquorTEQUILADDown 6: Intend to appear in torn dressRAIMENTDDown 7: Initial boost recollected by one with end in sightABOLITIONISTDDown 10: Action? There I may be misplaced, being an impractical typeTHEORETICIANDDown 15: Turn up again with couple from Redondo Beach and expert on boardRESURFACEDDown 17: Relinquish store in cellarLAY DOWNDDown 18: Five having a bad time - more than Hamlet?VILLAGEDDown 19: Angel making girl eat cheeseGABRIELDDown 20: Second in command extremely upset and cross about being in the open airOUTDOORDDown 22: Legal expenses for Greek island taking evacuated TurksCOSTS