The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 10th September 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 10th September 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Vehicle going fast with ShellCARAPACEAAcross 5: Loathsome leader with blemish surrounding his nameSTALINAAcross 9: Visionary professional?OPTICIANAAcross 10: People led astray by a botanistMENDELAAcross 12: Modern name for city with a bridge problemKALININGRADAAcross 15: Expression of surprise about a publication in UlsterOMAGHAAcross 17: De la Mare's audienceLISTENERSAAcross 18: What guest without wedding garment does to get rebuke?DRESS DOWNAAcross 19: Musical drama cost a bundleTOSCAAAcross 20: Unpleasant fluids pouring over palateDISTASTEFULAAcross 24: A yarn told without sympathyCREWELAAcross 25: Stork frequently seen in a messADJUTANTAAcross 26: It's brave to dress in dragDARINGAAcross 27: To ban fashion in dress is dullDRABNESSDDown 1: Club with clergy membershipCROCKFORDSDDown 2: After reverse, Gordius - inter alia - gets his own backRETALIATESDDown 3: Bird parts with a pound for a nutPECANDDown 4: Heroes' lunch - a soup full of bonesCHARNEL HOUSEDDown 6: Passes into the river - and most with itTRENDIESTDDown 7: Boy found with unknown womanLADYDDown 8: Girl hearing sound of bellNELLDDown 11: Bird gets dodgy reward for a screwPRISONWARDERDDown 13: A prig feels awkward at mickey-takingPERSIFLAGEDDown 14: Race is set with one old king mounted...ISRAELITESDDown 16: ... zealous one of the 14 has an idea - for negotiation?HASIDAEANDDown 21: It sometimes comes under the hammerTHUMBDDown 22: Tart gets help to entrap church leaderACIDDDown 23: Bucks perhaps said to be over-valuedDEER