The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 3rd September 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 3rd September 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Drink causes man to turn sick at a partyAMONTILLADOAAcross 9: It could be a 7th century popeMARTINIAAcross 10: Producer of bent European carrotCREATORAAcross 11: It's an insult to speak like an IranianASPERSIONAAcross 12: Order a pound of daggersOBELIAAcross 13: Girl with money - a Thatcherite mantraTINAAAcross 14: Benito's own short-comings in unnatural birthBLACKSHIRTAAcross 16: Place for publicans and sinners?BEHINDBARSAAcross 19: A bird short of styleCHICAAcross 21: Room for action by Bobby in Peckham, saySCOPEAAcross 22: Spike has ups and downs in CornwallGOONHILLYAAcross 24: Inability to make progress, ie train managementINERTIAAAcross 25: Bottom drawer in Shakespeare?TITANIAAAcross 26: Gay partners just wed down under?NEW HEBRIDESDDown 1: Satellite's descent of little significanceADROPINTHEOCEANDDown 2: Cockney knitted goods dealer and basket makerOSIERDDown 3: Hearing about 6 like 1TRIVIALDDown 4: The French, elliptic possibly, but terseLACONICDDown 5: Watering hole - a hole possibly leading to habitALEHOUSEDDown 6: How Railtrack should have proceededONTHERIGHTLINESDDown 7: Effect of what a child might doIMPACTDDown 8: Munch: perhaps I start to crunchARTISTDDown 15: It could be wet round thisUNDERTOWDDown 16: Footwear for performin' on the hoofBUSKINDDown 17: Secure a pledge from a saucy womanBAGGAGEDDown 18: Jumper's rest disturbed and it wakes you upROOSTERDDown 20: Accountant finds many assorted islands as a tax havenCAYMANDDown 23: Unwelcome form of deathHATED