The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 23rd July 2002 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 23rd July 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Just how Lady Godiva rodeBARELYAAcross 4: Bore passed by a majorityCARRIEDAAcross 9: A legal bet placed on a mere trifleBAGATELLEAAcross 10: Cleaners don't have gents to checkDETERAAcross 11: Deposit in earth yielding nitreINTERAAcross 12: Pair watches partners being unfaithfulTWOTIMERSAAcross 13: Clothes were first mangledGARBLEDAAcross 15: A little mollusc: it crawls backwards when very coldARCTICAAcross 17: Material, we hear, had influenceSWAYEDAAcross 19: Off colour near this jointKNUCKLEAAcross 22: Picture oddly smeary in viewfinderCANVASSERAAcross 24: Characters first seen in Kyushu and neighbouring Japanese islandsKANJIAAcross 26: Tripoli's last doctor is to join Tripoli's last kingIDRISAAcross 27: I may ring a wrong sort of numberIMAGINARYAAcross 28: They recruit young man for a women's magazineTHELADYAAcross 29: A soldier overhauled latrines in cold blockhousesIGLOOSDDown 1: Hope and Crosby rising and fallingBOBBINGDDown 2: Dexter's prerogative?RIGHTDDown 3: How to get across, like the USA pre-1917 and 1941?LATERALLYDDown 4: A violin more can playCREMONADDown 5: Leaders from Rome attended debate in Ischia; more than one spokeRADIIDDown 6: Well dressed for the meetINTHEPINKDDown 7: Compulsion gets half of us stuck in curryDURESSDDown 8: Blew notes? Groovy!FLUTEDDDown 14: Ruined tower near mountain ashROWAN TREEDDown 16: Charles and Heather are obviously amusedCHUCKLINGDDown 18: Lot of Tyneside not completely developedDESTINYDDown 19: Language of the East used in sacred bookKOREANDDown 20: Avenging spirits in Greece or Ireland? Certainly!ERINYESDDown 21: Small, pert child holding small rockSCHISTDDown 23: Confounded sailing!AT SEADDown 25: March associated with detective stories set in GoaNGAIO