The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 6th December 2002 There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 6th December 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: People with arms, which move rapidly along the groundSHOOTERSAAcross 9: POIROTAAcross 10: Vehicle with runner left in southern limitSLEDGEAAcross 11: Takes the "Express"?ENTRAINSAAcross 12: Worker at end of leave gets advance paymentANTEAAcross 13: Chess rival I overturned, lacking small courtesiesCHIVALRIESAAcross 15: Drunkenly, I echo "The Queen" in a toastCHEERIOAAcross 16: Great people accommodated in dilapidated semi?IMMENSEAAcross 18: North Sea rowing unsettled these peopleNORWEGIANSAAcross 19: Ruth, born at Lincoln?BABEAAcross 20: Get down to remove picture from setting?DISMOUNTAAcross 22: HOLMESAAcross 23: Local returning books about StateTAVERNAAcross 24: Bug or nettle to cause stingIRRITATEDDown 1: Kind of twisting hill path on CapriPHILANTHROPICALDDown 2: LORDPETERWIMSEYDDown 3: Asking to observe man in church? On the contrary!BESEECHINGDDown 4: Cites, perhaps, in account of person living austerelyASCETICDDown 5: Fix exact positionSPOTDDown 6: Object to power showing signs of unpleasantnessDISAGREEABILITYDDown 7: Second themes in fugues could be bar-room topicsCOUNTERSUBJECTSDDown 14: Mood shown by doctor with specialisationATMOSPHEREDDown 17: Enthusiast to follow pigeonFANTAILDDown 21: Bone with a little useful nameULNA