The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 9th September 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 9th September 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Frank's flatSTRAIGHTAAcross 5: Stock melodySTRAINAAcross 9: Articles about public performance of musicRECITALSAAcross 10: Tilts at hint on drinkTIPSUPAAcross 12: Young ox needing guideSTEERAAcross 13: Impart knowledge free from superstitionENLIGHTENAAcross 14: Where three sisters met and cursed an old politicianBLASTEDHEATHAAcross 18: Diary outline set out what has to be doneDAILYROUTINEAAcross 21: Composer taking egghead to river in swimsuit?BEACHWEARAAcross 23: Part of journey by coachSTAGEAAcross 24: Row about note given by a particular bellLUTINEAAcross 25: One who recommends a barristerADVOCATEAAcross 26: King in corsets wanders offSTRAYSAAcross 27: Have good intentions, but poor spaceMEANWELLDDown 1: Emphasis put on emotional pressureSTRESSDDown 2: Engine plantROCKETDDown 3: Mutual action in Pinter play at LyricINTERPLAYDDown 4: An infrequent visitor - so they call me, unhappilyHALLEYSCOMETDDown 6: Object to weak noteTHINGDDown 7: Man holding, as it may be, a dogALSATIANDDown 8: North-eastern writer with article on sleeping potionNEPENTHEDDown 11: Man game for London crossingALBERTBRIDGEDDown 15: Workmen getting depressed easilyHANDS-DOWNDDown 16: Strange dances performed by eccentricsODDBALLSDDown 17: Calamity giving underworld a rest, perhapsDISASTERDDown 19: Ostentation from a padre?PARADEDDown 20: Disclose something about meatREVEALDDown 22: Useful when boy goes to hospitalHANDY