The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 5th February 2003 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 5th February 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: After a lot of river I get acres of landZAMBIAAAcross 4: Ale brewed with basil - where her tears were shedISABELLAAAcross 9: Insect, for example, with faint backingMIDGEAAcross 10: Active or passive past, heard but not seenVOICE OVERAAcross 10: Active or passive past, heard but not seenVOICEOVERAAcross 11: Transport from the occult? Aye, so it isAUTOCYCLEAAcross 12: The boom that leads to bust?SONICAAcross 13: Marine or freshwater plant to worry the least worriedWATERSOLDIERAAcross 17: About time the soul got transport without lunatic attachment to chairANTIMACASSARAAcross 20: Knowing some battles have pointAWAREAAcross 21: Being disloyal has itself to blameFAITHLESSAAcross 23: Flower, a happy one, reviving the soulGLADIOLUSAAcross 24: See 7STONEAAcross 25: Torpid horse reportedly I found in the mireSLUGGISHAAcross 26: Bumblebee takes in commercial studentBEADLEDDown 1: At last Araucaria's the balladist on Guardian landZIMBABWEDDown 2: Think how to adapt during end gameMEDITATEDDown 3: Intestinal requirement - someone to file a complaintILEACDDown 5: They are paid to sit about and write recordsSTIPENDIARIESDDown 6: Drink to girl graduate in IsraelBEERSHEBADDown 7: 1 across's contribution to London?LIVINGDDown 8: Where 1s are having a day on call in ScotlandAFRICADDown 10: Plum drops between 1sVICTORIA FALLSDDown 14: Version of the right to die: Ireland take noteRENDERINGDDown 15: A type of drug that could make a big holeASTEROIDDDown 16: Dot tee, then? It's a visual problemCROSS-EYEDDown 18: Dish eliciting a laugh with half 25HAGGISDDown 19: Pleasure resort, unknown on a poster, very classyXANADUDDown 22: Lose no time from 25 15HASTE