The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd January 2003 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd January 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Weariness of heroic canine receiving incomplete tax returnLASSITUDEAAcross 10: Force that's binding politician to studentIMPELAAcross 11: 5 dropped from mad relative's workroomATELIERAAcross 12: Charge fish with emotionFEELINGAAcross 13: Rastafarian's big numberARIAAAcross 14: Caustic Aussie not wholly captivated by repASTRINGENTAAcross 16: Unhealthy reaction to some work admitted by brother in armsALLERGYAAcross 17: Trick involving simple means of ascent - climbers use itCRAMPONAAcross 19: Poet on heroin gets cable: "It's a plant!"HELIOTROPEAAcross 22: Where to put up with provocative remarksDIGSAAcross 24: Encouraged Murphy to take back straySPURREDAAcross 25: Origins of terrific hubbub below and terrific hubbub aboveTHUNDERAAcross 26: King occupying throne with a grubLARVAAAcross 27: Feature with 9 metal componentsLINEAMENTDDown 1: All set, having been given a nice wash, perhapsCLEANASAWHISTLEDDown 2: Unique observation about the CityESPECIALDDown 3: A number show enthusiasm for computer applicationsDIGITDDown 4: Isle of Man adopts language without nameGUERNSEYDDown 5: Allude to taking drug in jointREEFERDDown 6: Irish and Chinese besieging Italian, Swiss and Iranian capitalsHIBERNIANDDown 7: Demon at odds with the liturgySPRITEDDown 8: Torch burning amid plague and corruption gets hospital to make a commitmentPLIGHTONESTROTHDDown 15: There's nothing in academic study fit for publicationPROOFREADDDown 17: Many a keyboard instrument keeps time for the head manCAPITANODDown 18: Support for the devout in endless Euripides productionPRIE-DIEUDDown 18: Support for the devout in endless Euripides productionPRIEDIEUDDown 20: Where art is visible to the blind?LOUVREDDown 21: Eliminate clods with intellectual challengeRIDDLEDDown 23: Smell an anthropoidHUMAN