The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st November 2002 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st November 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Stand to take drugs - take too many?TRIPODAAcross 6: Young animal entertaining the graduate elementCOBALTAAcross 9: Pet's low note breaks silenceSMOOCHAAcross 10: Having no memory of deceased cat swallowing 4OBLIVIONAAcross 11: Raise rumpREARAAcross 12: Turning to a sea mist for supplier of 22sMETASTASIOAAcross 13: John returned in atmosphere of uncertaintyAMBIVALENCEAAcross 18: Stolen drug found among churches' jumbleHOTCHPOTCHAAcross 21: Clothes to boast aboutGARBAAcross 22: "Roving Rob" - title of bookLIBRETTOAAcross 23: Get back! Sit! Again!RETAKEAAcross 24: Fired indiscriminately at catalogueLITANYAAcross 25: Wanderers keep escaping!BOLTONDDown 1: Novel about to record artist's weightKILOGRAMDDown 2: Secured enthusiast for scene of follyGOTHAMDDown 3: Mix fuel essence, losing money in JapanCOALESCEDDown 4: Sage raised cry of woe about shrinking violetSALVIADDown 5: Interfere with packerTAMPERDDown 7: Cancer, say, left over one hundredTROPICDDown 8: Device torn apart in explanatory textCONTRAPTIONDDown 14: Temptation? No, ta! Drunk and unable to respondIMPOTENTDDown 15: Fool wearing garment gains energy from museCOGITATEDDown 16: Gregarious agents in the sunSOCIALDDown 17: Defective gun's all right insideBROKENDDown 19: Copper to upbraid churchmanCURATEDDown 20: Leader of Levites in the Pentateuch picked up JezebelHARLOT