The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th July 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th July 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: One with a peculiar attachment - perhaps she fits itFETISHISTAAcross 6: Representation of one small partyICONAAcross 10: Soul reflected in a birdANIMAAAcross 11: Domestic mouse had one shatteredHOUSEMAIDAAcross 12: What play school is for?SCANDALAAcross 13: A nice version - New Testament and OldANCIENTAAcross 14: Dinner, tea - time is variableINDETERMINATEAAcross 17: Reduced need for reform after warning to ClareFORESHORTENEDAAcross 21: Piece of bread - fellow almost consumed oneCHAPATIAAcross 22: Cats lie in order to be able to springELASTICAAcross 24: Like Mr Plod - ignorant, lacking directionUNIFORMEDAAcross 25: Pejorative term for a foreigner - maybe a TurkKRAUTAAcross 26: 2/3 of one in the Middle East and half elsewhereSEMIAAcross 27: Reel drunkenly in game lacking spiritCHEERLESSDDown 1: Hood's place once in Iris's joint?FLAGSHIPDDown 2: Animal heard in Russian forestTAIGADDown 3: One thinks on the hoof - that seems obviousSTANDSTOREASONDDown 4: Trendy, healthier kind of smoker?INHALERDDown 5: Wave fashionable in Matins serviceTSUNAMIDDown 7: Unusually clean home makes a colourful changeCHAMELEONDDown 8: Fresh air, they say, and this should expose you to itNUDITYDDown 9: Take dodgy tenner back and harm his tradeMERCHANTBANKERDDown 15: Lack of hope for achievement through religion?DEFEATISMDDown 16: Trains to understand about absorbing common currency long agoEDUCATESDDown 18: Such an effect is seen in house starting to collapseSEISMICDDown 19: Finished, owing to being lateOVERDUEDDown 20: They should be prepared - to cuss?SCOUTSDDown 23: It's a traditional English pursuitTRADE