The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 30th October 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 30th October 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bird on a plate - but he flew in the pastALCOCKAAcross 4: Ambitious worker goes to Paris for a changeASPIRANTAAcross 9: Fellows need help in getting herMAIDENAAcross 10: Name a ship after Joyce, perhapsDUBLINERAAcross 11: Where Rupert is too conservative?BEHINDTHETIMESAAcross 13: He maintains frequency by rescheduling one up trainPIANO TUNERAAcross 14: A French officer is unusualUNCOAAcross 16: Drive is something in our genesURGEAAcross 18: Drake's boat could be adapted for youth transportSKATEBOARDAAcross 21: Old time coppers?BEAT GENERATIONAAcross 23: One sample carries exceptional load of sinIDOLATRYAAcross 24: Memory recalled drink - spiritMORALEAAcross 25: Discernment of age trouble with shelter to the oldEAGLEEYEAAcross 26: How a Cockney says he works with thisARDOURDDown 1: Handout for a defunct railwayALMSDDown 2: Monster - we must have him taken into care somehowCHIMERADDown 3: False direction gets one lost in townCREDITONDDown 5: Blow one's top in it?SOUTHWESTERDDown 6: Where tenants may be up creeksINLETSDDown 7: Swiss banker takes on an extra nameAGNOMENDDown 8: Numbers reject Euro to delay entryTHRESHOLDDDown 12: Saturnalia could be goryDRUNKENORGYDDown 13: Lead on a stringPLUMB LINEDDown 15: A club to take up church teaching? It's for killingABATTOIRDDown 17: This with means to supportGO ALONGDDown 19: Trouble after a small case of fruitAVOCADODDown 20: Father's relative has his name in stoneAGNATEDDown 22: Prophet sounds dry and witheredSEER