The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 9th December 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 9th December 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Regulation 1 about gunsORDINANCEAAcross 10: Game many take to followingLOTTOAAcross 11: Instrument one company of Irish nationalists rejectedOCARINAAAcross 12: Chanted one not unfamiliar to boyINTONEDAAcross 13: The drug addict's dance?TRIPAAcross 14: Cease agitation to colonise part of IrelandSETTLE DOWNAAcross 16: Suitable head's physical conditionFITNESSAAcross 17: Claim to be a girl of great power?AMERICAAAcross 19: From now on, bird will go to church by riverHENCEFORTHAAcross 22: Boss lost in dust stormSTUDAAcross 24: Defeated by yarnWORSTEDAAcross 25: Act out angle on swimmerCATFISHAAcross 26: Harangue, giving actor a terrible partORATEAAcross 27: Filled with admiration by one point on forward play?AWESTRUCKDDown 1: Still in some danger from bottled beer?NOTOUTOFTHEWOODDDown 2: He may not be practical in laying the notion on the tableIDEALISTDDown 3: Block found in African villageANVILDDown 4: Undoes order to slave to run off firstUNRAVELSDDown 5: Survivor finds souvenir on table topRELICTDDown 6: Praised apartment to deter alterationFLATTEREDDDown 7: Drink for smart circleSTINGODDown 8: First gave former workmen fish as compensation for loss of jobGOLDEN HANDSHAKEDDown 15: A number observed outside happeningSEVENTEENDDown 17: Objects to new recitalsARTICLESDDown 18: Puzzle of underhand plotINTRIGUEDDown 20: Ordinary girl with large headNORMALDDown 21: Test alternative arrangementORDEALDDown 23: Condition made by the civil powerSTATE