The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th September 2002 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th September 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Naked celebrities entertaining king and queenSTARKERSAAcross 9: Actor turned away as the elephant manMAHOUTAAcross 10: Shakespeare's mistress displays the same unknown quantitiesDOXYAAcross 11: Conquest finished by AdventOVERCOMINGAAcross 12: Jack was sick in jugJAILEDAAcross 14: Volcanic rock around volcano - outside inside?ANDESITEAAcross 15: Old school quadrangleSQUAREAAcross 17: King giving order? Right on!OBERONAAcross 20: He'd put on raincoat with fashionable lining, not handmadeMACHINEDAAcross 22: Perfume for the hair might appear strange on horseBAY RUMAAcross 23: Queen's radio broadcast, for example, presented by the Foreign Office in ParisQUAI D'ORSAYAAcross 24: Sweet jesterFOOLAAcross 25: What slimmer wouldn't expect to appraise?SIZE UPAAcross 26: Drug baron finally getting lorry outside ColumbiaNARCOTICDDown 1: Excessive guy getting in outsize furnitureOTTOMANSDDown 2: Father always joined in a brawlFRAYDDown 3: Final letter about deer set at noughtZEROEDDDown 4: Fishing boat goes to fish? Exactly!SMACKDABDDown 5: Poet translating myth or sagaTHOMAS GRAYDDown 6: Direction in boat that may bear fruit?PUNNETDDown 8: Notice saying "Playground Equipment"SEESAWDDown 13: Hearing aid? Old haulier's transportedLOUD-HAILERDDown 13: Hearing aid? Old haulier's transportedLOUDHAILERDDown 16: Churchill managed to move slowly round hospitalRANDOLPHDDown 18: Personality disorder not initially terribly seriousNEUROSISDDown 19: Puzzling child, as favourite may beODDS-ONDDown 21: Section of climbing trail up Alps in ItalyAPULIADDown 22: Ex-minister entertaining upper-class people with money to spendBUYERSDDown 24: What beaters do with game that's put upFLOG