The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 18th November 2002 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 18th November 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Moral code followed by a studentETHICALAAcross 5: Travel over snow is accepted by some retired peopleESKIMOSAAcross 10: Girl is to accept religious instructionIRISAAcross 11: Building constructed with joints in natural colouringPROPERTIESAAcross 12: Office deskBUREAUAAcross 13: Maintained a high levelTOPPEDUPAAcross 14: Three-card trick has been given a licenceCHARTEREDAAcross 16: Navy prisonFLEETAAcross 17: Female undergarments, possibly bloomersSLIPSAAcross 19: Mistress has care of one whelp among nineCONCUBINEAAcross 23: Bitter sweetACIDDROPAAcross 24: An actor not working? Provide compensation!OFFSETAAcross 26: Ordered home before becoming unwellINDISPOSEDAAcross 27: Fit a springWELLAAcross 28: Send me round to eastern landDEMESNEAAcross 29: Lecture put on at short noticeADDRESSDDown 2: Finished, being nothing less than painstakingTHROUGHDDown 3: Outgoing childrenISSUEDDown 4: A stubborn worker seen around river vesselAMPOULEDDown 6: Companion of Snow White likely to crash?SLEEPYDDown 7: Pregnant member of societyINTHECLUBDDown 8: The excessive utilisation of various oeuvresOVERUSEDDown 9: Declare all points in orderBOXTHECOMPASSDDown 15: Frier paid off with speedy dischargeRAPIDFIREDDown 18: Permit excessive behaviour?LICENCEDDown 20: Full of humanityCROWDEDDDown 21: Wants to be out of the French sewersNEEDLESDDown 22: Saw the head for an examinationTREPANDDown 25: We infer a reduction in numbersFEWER