The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 19th September 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 19th September 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bingo caller half-converted rustic homeLOG CABINAAcross 5: Calculator used in French exam in AustraliaABACUSAAcross 9: Whittle about one final destination - or the other?PARADISEAAcross 10: Adornment for turning deer into insectANKLETAAcross 11: Explanation in reverse is, say, dividing old flamesEXEGESISAAcross 12: Take note in favour of a tasty mouthfulBONBONAAcross 14: Old Swiss physician in rush to join Friends of AmericaPARACELSUSAAcross 18: Admiral's head over heels about seaman's holidaySHORE LEAVEAAcross 22: Memorised Shakespearean booksLEARNTAAcross 23: Queen, for example, in "Voice of Mr Hyde", perhapsALTER EGOAAcross 24: Stimulating coterie almost stimulatedEROTICAAcross 25: Arrangement for Delius to take retirementSOLITUDEAAcross 26: Regular yen and noble yenYEARLYAAcross 27: Ambitious, so competed in a projectionASPIRANTDDown 1: Raised odds in the sea beast's misdemeanoursLAPSESDDown 2: Fish's lair where land is workedGARDENDDown 3: Boy medic coming in for a second timeANDREWDDown 4: Amended site dating and established originsINSTIGATEDDDown 6: Cane wielder's instruction in hill townBENDOVERDDown 7: Gourd keeping a party in the moneyCALABASHDDown 8: Corrupt saint: a saint? Anything but!SATANISTDDown 13: It's great to spoil French solvers, keeping distanceMARVELLOUSDDown 15: Exercise out of season on tracks to the old instrumentPSALTERYDDown 16: Firm of accountants about to look up drink manufacturersCOCA COLADDown 17: Sailors' greeting in ugly scene in Thomas's poemFERNHILLDDown 19: Sign of stone in icecapGEMINIDDown 20: Nasty end for Alexandre Dumas' ghastly womanMEDUSADDown 21: Stretch of water going so fastSOLENT