The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th December 2002 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th December 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: In my own country I may have baffled rural peasant!JEAN-PAUL SARTREAAcross 9: Boy with inclination to eat food from Cambridgeshire?STILTONAAcross 10: A time I get lost in navigation around foreign townAVIGNONAAcross 11: Immigrant is looking both ways across middle of seaISSEIAAcross 12: Old emperor in overlapping desert expeditionRAS TAFARIAAcross 12: Old emperor in overlapping desert expeditionRASTAFARIAAcross 13: Removing Head of State after revolution, rule badlyMISGOVERNAAcross 14: Staff try to increase score without making declarationBATONAAcross 15: Behind the marble facade is city brownish?TAWNYAAcross 17: To the advantage of country, sergeant-major shows obsession with correct procedureFORMALISMAAcross 20: Astute as one is at bridge with viewers each sideHARD-NOSEDAAcross 20: Astute as one is at bridge with viewers each sideHARDNOSEDAAcross 22: Cold? Not under blanket!COVERAAcross 23: Game allowed to be endless - has the ref lost it?WHISTLEAAcross 24: Someone who used to live in the USSR won't want son in a public schoolETONIANAAcross 25: Carl's going out with the dancer - she's very young and he's this?CRADLESNATCHERDDown 1: Entertaining lady - see me mixing with atheists, getting among believersJESSIEMATTHEWSDDown 2: Different labels giving a lassie a different lookALIASESDDown 3: Legacy from which one gets a cut - 25 quid, aboutPATRIMONYDDown 4: Upset serviceman loses leader before victoryUNNERVEDDown 5: Actress making final appearance that's no goodSWANSONDDown 6: A gentleman getting up to accommodate a foreign ladyRAISADDown 7: Legislation to control activity instigated by lettersRENTACTDDown 8: A name - name in certain rime, possiblyANCIENTMARINERDDown 14: Part of the business not allowed to broadenBRANCH OUTDDown 16: Arrow I shot - before the start of rifles?WARRIORDDown 17: Wide-angled like lens or codpiece?FISHEYEDDown 18: Get hot and bothered about a commie cleric onceREDDEANDDown 19: Arrived before five? Almost three hours later! That's Rail for you!INVEIGHDDown 21: Just one of the hacks becoming famous?NOTED