The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 6th November 2002 There are 12 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 6th November 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 4: Plain comfortableHOMELYAAcross 6: Jumper's game requiring nervePOLO-NECKAAcross 9: Derail badly - having come off the line, you might?REDIALAAcross 10: Union head turns to JudaismADHESIONAAcross 11: Financial instability of two supported couples, the first disheartenedBOOMANDBUSTAAcross 15: Vineyard brews of the upper classesCHATEAUAAcross 17: A section of Ankara, China's Asian capital onceKARACHIAAcross 18: Shaky performer in call for ardency gone to piecesBELLY DANCERAAcross 22: Something crude enters sheep, something hairyFORELOCKAAcross 23: Cell door confines meGAMETEAAcross 24: Country whose name was changed, so I heardRHODESIAAAcross 25: Greek character needs a doctor, one figuresRHOMBIDDown 1: On the mountain, a camel? To a certain extentALPACADDown 2: Painful withdrawal, having raw meatCOLD TURKEYDDown 3: Deserters run off endlessly going north, with this as their guide?POLE STARDDown 3: Deserters run off endlessly going north, with this as their guide?POLESTARDDown 4: But is such a book easy-going?HARDBACKDDown 5: Now madam's potty as her!MADWOMANDDown 7: Go from the end of the bridge and cross itEXITDDown 8: Thoughtful German issueKINDDDown 12: Fold of fat taking bottoms up, you might say?DOUBLE CHINDDown 13: A treat for which I yell out loudICE CREAMDDown 13: A treat for which I yell out loudICECREAMDDown 14: Germany needs a national prime ministerDISRAELIDDown 16: Make strong old men be refinedEMBOLDENDDown 19: Sound of a fitful, yet brave, manAPACHEDDown 20: Unlimited wildlife expedition in a distant placeAFARDDown 21: River is a river? Anything but!ARNO