The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st November 2002 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st November 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: No way! A trainee soldier needs one for remembranceNOSTALGIAAAcross 10: Egg producer wants nothing to changeOVARYAAcross 11: Hand that's straightening things out, reportedlyWRITINGAAcross 12: Storage space for the ministersCABINETAAcross 13: Papers resorting to smear tactics?REAMSAAcross 14: Eager to change fellows thought at first to be in accordAGREEMENTAAcross 16: People from Calais and Cracow join in grand wood activityFRENCHPOLISHINGAAcross 19: Pass judgement on one held inside with sensitivitySENTIENCEAAcross 21: Office worker with time to prepare lureTEMPTAAcross 22: Fifty hold out after sailor returns with iron pigsBALLASTAAcross 23: Goodbye, little sausage!CHEERIOAAcross 24: Bender being moved?BINGEAAcross 25: Frank dined with the contestantCANDIDATEDDown 1: Steamship taking this time to float into frozen hazardsSNOWDRIFTSDDown 2: Speak with force like Hook, for exampleASPIRATEDDown 3: Graduate thus starting to study the fundamentalsBASICSDDown 4: Past generation initially impatient to get goingAGOGDDown 5: Bach said to be on a roll with composer's penultimate boat songBARCAROLLEDDown 6: The last people to get drinks?COBBLERSDDown 7: Indian born to pussyfoot?PAWNEEDDown 8: "A pathological sac", said Sister, with no hesitationCYSTDDown 14: Staff supplies found after plane crashALPENSTOCKDDown 15: Drunk stays below, where few can walk straight linesTIGHTROPESDDown 17: I take chances around bendsCHICANESDDown 18: Incorruptible? I'm only human!IMMORTALDDown 20: Partners inside only changed leg wearNYLONSDDown 21: This includes points for a dissertationTHESISDDown 22: Little one is produced by degreesBABEDDown 23: Council's top social worker is not able toCANT