The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 18th September 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 18th September 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Model sermon could be a fearsome thingMONSTERAAcross 5: Firm's custom is to have a single partnerCOHABITAAcross 9: Type we need information aboutGENREAAcross 10: One's words may lead to actionSLANDERERAAcross 11: Queue at frontier - luggage may be near the limitBORDERLINECASEAAcross 13: Demonstration by Consignia? ...EXPOAAcross 14: ... Tarry - stuff could be in the postCREOSOTEAAcross 17: They may have you covered, but certainly won't initiate fireINSURERSAAcross 18: School education first to be given weightETONAAcross 21: With abstruse reading, impress the highest in OxfordDREAMINGSPIRESAAcross 23: Constant withdrawal from capital turning City into stimulating reactionCATALYTICAAcross 24: Paper peculatioTHEFTAAcross 25: A sin soldiers left behind as part of cleansingLUSTRALAAcross 26: Confused model with a right to a peerageEARLDOMDDown 1: Beaks begin as conveyers of offeringsMAGIDDown 2: Components Simon mislaid, lacking responsibilityNON COMPOS MENTISDDown 3: Die in attempt to get with itTRENDYDDown 4: Girl turns up in right place for vacationRESORTDDown 5: Ravel (sic) designed instrumentsCLAVIERSDDown 6: Hard boundary, hard to go over - it's pricklyHEDGEHOGDDown 7: Hear about fiddle playing for a funeralBURIALOFTHEDEADDDown 8: Erstwhile bit of an operaTHREEPENNYDDown 12: Time, perhaps, for police raidPERIODICALDDown 15: One discontented king outdoing Uriah?GRUMBLERDDown 16: Time for parental preparation?PRENATALDDown 19: I forgot to say, youth club leaders may explode, so mind!PSYCHEDDown 20: A flyer cut short by drinkBITTERDDown 22: Half the alphabet is minuteATOM