The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 15th January 2003 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 15th January 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Preference given to a blonde when it comes to the push?UNFAIRDISMISSALAAcross 9: Mad speed - speed that's utterly recklessDESPERATEAAcross 10: Property of some types backfiresSERIFAAcross 11: Drunk and disorderly riot over a dishRISOTTOAAcross 12: Lad said worker is unlikely to go underBUOYANTAAcross 13: Female born to endless necessityNEEAAcross 14: Shop ran out, owing to demise of producersORPHANSAAcross 17: Let revolutionary remain in supportTRESTLEAAcross 19: Pine log used in making a boltELOPINGAAcross 22: Collapse of society girl at Norfolk townDEBACLEAAcross 24: Chirac's boyfriend?AMIAAcross 25: Charge for case used briefly by a studentACCUSALAAcross 26: Unsound property?SILENCEAAcross 28: Weariness comes over a number in European UnionENNUIAAcross 29: Russian man of letters (55, not more)LERMONTOVAAcross 30: Tour manager tries stupidly to accommodate composer with instrumentTRAVELORGANISERDDown 1: Spook given lack of space by Holy WritUNDERCOVER AGENTDDown 2: Group of gasteropods force us to repeatFUSUSDDown 3: State of train that is broken downINERTIADDown 4: Inferior clergy get a second turnDEACONSDDown 5: There's a little bubble mixture when it fizzesSHERBETDDown 6: Near the coast there's said to be coverINSHOREDDown 7: It's barbed when it turns up in a fresh carcassSARCASTICDDown 8: Raise the fence to enable communication?LIFTTHERECEIVERDDown 15: Mangled corpse turns up in a number of stage featuresPROSCENIADDown 16: Celibate in order to be Joshua's parentNUNDDown 18: Plant found by the way in FranceRUEDDown 20: Draw breath in anger over having no issueINSPIREDDown 21: Astronomer put up icon to a constellationGALILEODDown 22: His disguise is in female clothes, when wielding thisDISHRAGDDown 23: Dance with nothing on but a party decorationBALLOONDDown 27: Wireless working, turned up for musicNOTES