The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 25th September 2002 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 25th September 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sectarian turns 23 with timeBIGOTAAcross 4: How to behave in religious home?HONESTLYAAcross 8: Letters of agreementCORRESPONDENCEAAcross 10: New overcoat inducing development of form ...EVOCATORAAcross 11: ... and kind of jacket with back to front characteristicsSTRAITAAcross 12: It's exclusive East German xenophobiaOSTRACISMAAcross 15: Rush without starting to be modestHASTEAAcross 17: Boy catches one outFIREDAAcross 18: They entertain a tourist on boardSTRIPPERSAAcross 19: Professional opinion of a scheme lacking pointADVICEAAcross 21: A planter involved in nurturing seedPARENTALAAcross 24: Sequel to "England expects..."?BIRTHOFANATIONAAcross 25: Row with leader appears in the pressHEAD LINEAAcross 25: Row with leader appears in the pressHEADLINEAAcross 26: It's a bore, so agree to differEAGREDDown 1: Chorale transposed in key for a soloist?BACHELORFLATDDown 2: Corruption in order is a killerGARROTTERDDown 3: Overseas letter from the volunteer force?THETADDown 4: Synthetic drugs are perhaps not physicHYPNOTICSDDown 5: River birdNENEDDown 6: We sat around quietly to work? Not hereSWEATSHOPDDown 7: Fabric made up in the form of a circular cylinderLYCRADDown 9: What a librarian may do and hope to getUTTERSILENCEDDown 13: Without Kitty, Jack croaked and gave upABDICATEDDDown 14: Covering false alarm caused jamMARMALADEDDown 16: False clues, missing first object in investigationSLEUTHINGDDown 20: This could be active in vice ringVOICEDDown 22: Yarn about the Euro to raise the spiritsELATEDDown 23: Soldier died in the wildernessGOBI