The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 12th July 2002 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 12th July 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: University in America with large stockUSUALAAcross 10: Editor getting in a mess translating PolishIANHISLOPAAcross 11: Fighter pilot with influenceFLYWEIGHTAAcross 12: Arbitrary assertion, for example, about old styleSAY-SOAAcross 13: Clever Dick in "Heart of Darkness", getting over first barrierKNOW-ALLAAcross 15: Break in sacred mountHOLIDAYAAcross 17: Settle for salary increase?PAY UPAAcross 18: A sheep's memoryRAMAAcross 20: Fare needed to go aboardGET ONAAcross 22: Get to hear a group of singersACQUIREAAcross 25: Poles go round thumping looniesNUTTERSAAcross 26: Capability of Chesterton's father?BROWNAAcross 27: Narrow escape from visit to cathedral precinctCLOSE CALLAAcross 30: Birds trained in Old StreetDOTTERELSAAcross 31: Stout worker fairly guttedBEEFYDDown 1: Bird making rude noiseRUFFDDown 2: Transport group brought about journey's end for nosy parkerBUSYBODYDDown 3: Melancholy sportsmanBLUEDDown 4: Odd, as sheep may be, but not goatsSINGULARDDown 5: Snippet is small? Of course!SNATCHDDown 6: Characters in stir arranged escape about crack of dawnFIRST LIGHTDDown 7: You fool around, being satiatedCLOYEDDDown 8: Work with petty officer and mateOPPODDown 13: Ford Prefect's first yearly letterKAPPADDown 14: I can stew fruit without kitchen equipmentAPPLIANCESDDown 16: Animals entertaining North AmericansYANKSDDown 19: Second name applied to bird or mammalMONGOOSEDDown 21: Agree to get involved with ten, or one less than twentyTEENAGERDDown 23: Oxford first in even gameQUOITSDDown 24: Alien film star - one using acidETCHERDDown 26: Ordered off before end of gameBADEDDown 28: Heidelberg's riverELBEDDown 29: Drama doesn't start with songsLAYS