The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 24th October 2002 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 24th October 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Jolly good fellow interrupted by lush, it may be, of which 25 is wishedBRITISHLUCKAAcross 9: Try a salute with silver in the houseHAVE A GOAAcross 10: Everything in the present is likely to go upBALLOONAAcross 11: Tending to tend towards victory fed by broken rulesNURSELIKEAAcross 12: Knife used in kitchen, say?KUKRIAAcross 13: Look for man with turban, say?SEEKAAcross 14: Grey holds container turning oil to custardZABAGLIONEAAcross 16: C 24 - auctions in troubleINSOUCIANTAAcross 19: Shoes for horses? On the contrarySTUDAAcross 21: When a Sikh has an honoured place among HindusNASIKAAcross 22: Well content with favourite part, a classy numberPETROLEUMAAcross 24: See 25AREFREEAAcross 25: Old city races hinge around wrongdoing by learner, I'm afraid, not being detained: love, for example, is nothingTHEBESTAAcross 26: Manually challenged, perhaps, with not enough peopleSHORT-HANDEDAAcross 26: Manually challenged, perhaps, with not enough peopleSHORTHANDEDDDown 1: Singers from Yorkshire town caused one stressBEVERLEYSISTERSDDown 2: Buccaneer having lost his head - and his ragIRATEDDown 3: Am I a Scots endearment for a West Indian climber in the Pacific?IWO JIMADDown 4: Dutch painter on rustic rostrumHOBBEMADDown 5: Turn oven up at cathedral? I wouldn't bet on itUNLIKELYDDown 6: Suppresses non-task - he choked, possiblyKNOCKSONTHEHEADDDown 7: See 25THINGSDDown 8: See 25INLIFEDDown 15: Cowboy raised young creature on South African plateauBUCKAROODDown 16: Where there's a charge for a Scotsman in GreekIONIANDDown 17: Advance while the devil's on holidayIMPRESTDDown 18: Number for Venetian painter detailed in registerNOTITIADDown 20: Homework, as it were, comes round with German cottonDIMITYDDown 23: Exhortation to study "The Maid of the Mountain"OREAD