The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th September 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th September 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Frenzy about maggot returning to Canadian provinceMANITOBAAAcross 5: Money church got back for cakeECLAIRAAcross 9: Muscle up, improbably, with equipment for internal investigationSPECULUMAAcross 10: Vulgar report about the Italian fabricBURLAPAAcross 11: Far from simple book about artist's materialsTOILSOMEAAcross 12: Beer buffs, given time, returning to surfaceTARMACAAcross 14: Serb gutter press working here?GRUB STREETAAcross 18: Tutee with IQ10 confused by cyberspace protocolNETIQUETTEAAcross 22: Logo with spaces for inclusion of Belgium and LuxembourgEMBLEMAAcross 23: Legal eagle missing turn at jousting matchATTORNEYAAcross 24: Follower of Louis XV - or of French winter sport?DELUGEAAcross 25: Brownish haze previously arousing suspicionMISTRUSTAAcross 26: Lord of old to acquire gismoGADGETAAcross 27: Reversal of setback keeps one in the frameESPALIERDDown 1: Compiler compiled on a plateauMESETADDown 2: Mental activity is pre-empted by votes againstNOESISDDown 3: Saw to reform of desanctified 25TRUISMDDown 4: It's screamed by bird in pop group with raised colourBLUE MURDERDDown 6: Something to go with the curry? (Chat-up involved bringing it up)CHUPATTIDDown 7: Arm and leg I'm breaking with a twinkleAGLIMMERDDown 8: Blame a financial institution's greedRAPACITYDDown 13: It's the midwife's business to provide baby's first sister with cotOBSTETRICSDDown 15: Don't cook enough goulash, initially, for the outsiderUNDERDOGDDown 16: Put out, drained and unshavenSTUBBLEDDDown 17: Understand about queen's surprised remark to cleanerSQUEEGEEDDown 19: Haven I supplied to a ShakespeareanPORTIADDown 20: Incorporated universal (non-gender-specific) sexual fantasiesINCUBIDDown 21: Reputed aphrodisiac in the world of proverbOYSTER