The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 11th September 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 11th September 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: In which villains get the lowdown?ABASEMENTAAcross 10: Money, half from a political partyFRANCAAcross 11: Critic and attention-seekerKNOCKERAAcross 12: Not a cosmetic for Niobe!MASCARAAAcross 13: He manufactured laceALECAAcross 14: Record missing? It's broadcastingDISCLOSINGAAcross 15: Brodie's changed stripDISROBEAAcross 17: Lice cut in pieces, found with fingertipsCUTICLEAAcross 19: Tree used in footwear manufacture?SANDALWOODAAcross 22: After the water-carrier comes the one with scalesFISHAAcross 23: Place where giant's troubled about goldANTIGUAAAcross 24: A flat recently found in PauPLATEAUAAcross 26: Drive out the pearl-fisher...DIVERAAcross 27: ... where a lover goes into the seaOVERBOARDDDown 1: Skis fall and land awkwardly hereFALKLAND ISLANDSDDown 2: She blocks one's insideBARONESSDDown 3: Top dog, by the sound of itPEAKDDown 4: Arsenide compound left in the UKNEARSIDEDDown 5: Very small modification made to micaATOMICDDown 6: Branch out on photography sessionOFFSHOOTDDown 7: Interesting game for tourists to watch on thisSAFARIDDown 8: Fine ships for sea dogs?OCEANGREYHOUNDSDDown 16: Place for cultivating fruit and some cerealORANGERYDDown 17: One employed to sweep the tablesCROUPIERDDown 18: Monsters scare him offCHIMERASDDown 20: One at home in an oyster bedNATIVEDDown 21: One paw could be an armWEAPONDDown 25: Pulpit made of bambooAMBO