The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 19th July 2002 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 19th July 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Build up a sound team of workersACCRUEAAcross 5: Bag studio communication systemTALKBACKAAcross 9: Heath cut by unemployed comic writerERICIDLEAAcross 10: Restrain brother as above?BRIDLEAAcross 11: They show the way trees changed, though at first a slight changeSTREETLIGHTSAAcross 13: Look at more than a hundred placesLOCIAAcross 14: Idealists, poor dears, getting me right inDREAMERSAAcross 17: Analysis of metrical patterns locates containers in IsraelSCANSIONAAcross 18: One mobile holds ten beastsOXENAAcross 20: Balances, they say, and averages resourcesWAYS AND MEANSAAcross 23: Having former PM in charge is like paradiseEDENICAAcross 24: Leave without real satisfactionREQUITALAAcross 25: Hold gems ordered for metallic fabricGOLDMESHAAcross 26: Force us to leave Guernsey in confusionENERGYDDown 2: Bill leaves 1, uncertain of successful treatmentCUREDDown 3: Slump in the intermission, with no one risingRECESSIONDDown 4: Weather to continue?ENDUREDDown 5: The strain of church unionTHEWEDDINGMARCHDDown 6: Research centre has model cloned finally and taggedLABELLEDDDown 7: Begin differently, in essenceBEINGDDown 8: Sudden, painful withdrawal from unfriendly countryCOLD TURKEYDDown 12: Risky, like tip-and-runTOUCH-AND-GODDown 15: Spirit abroad at night?MOONSHINEDDown 16: Top student is in a small boatPINNACLEDDown 19: Noise heard from sailing shipBARQUEDDown 21: Fellows coming up in a year for the church council?SYNODDDown 22: Report to outlaw forceBANG