The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 10th January 2003 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 10th January 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Person of mixed race wanting to feature in Cummings' copyEMULATEAAcross 5: One supplying backing, born to lend a handBASSISTAAcross 10: Wear for battleFRAYAAcross 11: Form of novel - early one with post involvedEPISTOLARYAAcross 12: One in store takes saltSAILORAAcross 13: Hugging serpent in embraceCLASPINGAAcross 14: Outfitter supplying more comfort about the bellyCOSTUMIERAAcross 16: Foxy lady's early night starts after 5 to 9VIXENAAcross 17: Hold forth, getting odds miscalculatedSPOUTAAcross 19: Plant, say, with worker among the ancestryEGLANTINEAAcross 23: Time to launch attack on spillage of Ruhr oozeZERO HOURAAcross 24: Some grain on the scrubland railwayBUSHELAAcross 26: Drive crazy, drinking wine in carriageDEPORTMENTAAcross 27: List percussion effectROLLAAcross 28: Do something different with cold celeryRECYCLEAAcross 29: Daring to put ship's front and plane's tail on shipPROWESSDDown 2: King hastened to interrupt revolutionary convertMARRANODDown 3: Look up song that's trueLOYALDDown 4: Proposition others about mineral sourceTHEOREMDDown 6: Off course like platterASTRAYDDown 7: Drunk skirting edges is a self-sufficient typeSOLIPSISTDDown 8: Singular way to rambleSTRANGEDDown 9: Knot concealing yen to prepare to defend allotmentKITCHEN GARDENDDown 15: Tense third-generation Scot holding record for redundancyTAUTOLOGYDDown 18: Lead many into deeper troublePRECEDEDDown 20: Umpire arranged to eat snackARBITERDDown 21: Virtually redundant indicatorsNEEDLESDDown 22: Article left beneath left entrancePORTALDDown 25: Extort from S8SCREW