The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st January 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st January 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: 25 the main delivery crews embraced by wild throngsNORTHERN LIGHTSAAcross 9: Man's back bearing weight; this man does!TELAMONAAcross 10: Invalid treatment? Yes and no!PLACEBOAAcross 11: The Ulster Times on the PresidentNIXONAAcross 12: Is something the matter with Tyler's revolt, say?WHATSTODOAAcross 13: Not delicate, perhaps, leaving one with nothing: yet so capable of grasping!TENTACLEDAAcross 14: Beam across the swimming pool?WIDTHAAcross 15: Phonetician's marshalEMCEEAAcross 17: Noah's sponsor calling for portARCHANGELAAcross 20: Sad? Let misery depart!WOEBEGONEAAcross 22: President of the French by a term for this oneDUBYAAAcross 23: Totters with these omnium-gatherums?RAGBAGSAAcross 24: "Reliant" wrecked: step aboard!RATLINEAAcross 25: A rare, laborious manifestation of merry dancersAURORA BOREALISDDown 1: Silence exhausted lexicographer's cri de coeur!NOTANOTHERWORDDDown 2: Hormone for mother's help takin' it easyRELAXINDDown 3: Arena much used by all of usHUMAN RACEDDown 4: Descartes' Law up for extensionRENEWALDDown 5: Light drink swapped for place to see the 1 acrossLAPLANDDDown 6: Pony for one good girlGLASSDDown 7: Initial purchase of digital componentTOEHOLDDDown 8: Tory Lord, say? He's solving cases from her!DOROTHY L. SAYERSDDown 14: YN. Sounds foul!WYANDOTTEDDown 16: Chinese city with revolutionary dung recyclingCHENGDUDDown 17: Don's conclusion, speaking as of surveyAZOVSEADDown 18: Toast churchman entering portCHEERIODDown 19: Oak (and 17 across) felled by Bathsheba?GABRIELDDown 21: Did Mnemosyne shed tear round her birth?ERATO