The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 6th February 2003 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 6th February 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Approbation certainly isn't 24 downWELL-DONEAAcross 9: 23 continually around oneONIONAAcross 10: Particle categorically stopping short of nitrogen?ATOMAAcross 11: Ruth and Sophia composed the origin of their work?AUTHORSHIPAAcross 12: Greek poetess has curiously written about proxy loveSAPPHOAAcross 14: 23? See you at Sausageland!CUCUMBERAAcross 15: 23's about kernel-less nutCHICORYAAcross 17: Early piece of advertising to avoidPRELUDEAAcross 20: Cleaner figure halved for ease, it's said, good to enterSQUEEGEEAAcross 22: 23 - 0.2g picked upCARROTAAcross 23: Possible clue for "waffle"?RABBIT FOODAAcross 24: Womaniser's toolRAKEAAcross 25: Point, mid-south or northTHORNAAcross 26: 23 sounds best wayBEETROOTDDown 1: Eruption, earth tremors and particles of lavaHEAT RASHDDown 2: Criticise achievement at cardsSLAMDDown 3: 23 inside of a robot?TOMATODDown 4: 23 for Grant? Cut up a quarterLETTUCEDDown 5: Banger and second 22 across mashedMOTORCARDDown 6: Girl I'd brought up, dreadful liar, is differentDISSIMILARDDown 7: 23 Paul's postmortem?ENDIVEDDown 13: American case of policeman turned lunatic (bet lunatic arrested)POCKET BOOKDDown 13: American case of policeman turned lunatic (bet lunatic arrested)POCKETBOOKDDown 16: 23 (part two) - fix a huge amount for ItalyRIGATONIDDown 18: Rotten book on Dr TurnerDOORKNOBDDown 19: Defence for revolutionary, nothing but revolutionaryREDOUBTDDown 21: Reportedly measures gemstoneQUARTZDDown 22: Old man, fish and short man standingCODGERDDown 24: Bottom? Then second to bottom's exceptionalRARE