The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 10th October 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 10th October 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hit the bottle? Moi? In a Greek temple?METOPEAAcross 4: 9 or fish from New York?QUEENSAAcross 9: Brave man and layabout among volunteers to join rebel: my 22 has no supportTHEROYALACADEMYAAcross 10: See 4SCHOOLAAcross 11: Trust Ballesteros as to how he may be handicapped?SEVERELYAAcross 12: Revolutionary painter without a bit of personality must be braveINTREPIDAAcross 14: City dwelling between second and sixth in scaleLAHOREAAcross 15: Costermonger's duckSCOTERAAcross 18: Work hard during stop to find bookmarkCOLOPHONAAcross 21: Lorry driver on traffic islandTRUCKMANAAcross 22: Just the thing for ... for a piercing blowRAPIERAAcross 24: Sticker left with nothing else on river home of 9BURLINGTONHOUSEAAcross 25: Country bird that floppedTURKEYAAcross 26: Amusing place, as with part of 24, reminiscent of pastoral life?ARCADEDDown 1: Beckham's previous complaint about glitch that lost cupMOHICANDDown 2: A bone, roughly, in the main bodyTORSODDown 3: Accompaniment to cheque isn't sincere when service followsPAYSLIPDDown 5: The rude military?UNCIVILDDown 6: Church job appertaining to the Senior Service?ELDERSHIPDDown 7: Needlework's more liberalSAMPLERDDown 8: No more Methodist ministers allowed on TV?CLOSEDDDown 13: Netted 100 lire at Rugby Union danceRETICULARDDown 16: See 8CIRCUITDDown 17: Language of love?ROMANCEDDown 18: A crazy fellow in church, he gave a sermon on the beachCANUTEDDown 19: Ring writer to get fat and emperor when love's lostLARDNERDDown 20: Supervise poems written in Old EnglishOVERSEEDDown 23: Indian city on a river? On the contraryPOONA