The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 24th February 2003 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 24th February 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Team not made up of starsSIDEREALAAcross 9: Done, so may be caughtNOOSEDAAcross 10: I'd turn in at the entranceADITAAcross 11: Trading centre quick to take in a victimFLEA MARKETAAcross 11: Trading centre quick to take in a victimFLEAMARKETAAcross 12: Charm by being close listenerENDEARAAcross 14: Law agency involved in plot to capture QueenINTERPOLAAcross 15: Hide away and gradually let outSECRETEAAcross 17: Fat and foolish, said PoeADIPOSEAAcross 20: Strong drink may lead to smashHIGHBALLAAcross 22: Lets out American imprisoned in brawlTUSSLEAAcross 23: Is bird-watching an appropriate example of this?SPOONERISMAAcross 24: Rose gets credit card number by the weekendPINKAAcross 25: They're lucky anchors have themFLUKESAAcross 26: On the wrong side of banks?INTHEREDDDown 1: Clearance resulting from free ballRIDDANCEDDown 2: Put on about a poundBEATDDown 3: Joint may be worn outREEFERDDown 4: Foreign Legion's drinkSLOE GINDDown 5: I get married and set out full of spiritANIMATEDDDown 6: The fruits one can't have decriedSOUR GRAPESDDown 7: The answer to this lies in the retortHERETODDown 13: Banks can stop advancesEARTHWORKSDDown 16: Go over new art and poetryTRAVERSEDDown 18: Eccentric declines to be kept quietSILENCEDDDown 19: It's forbidden to extract information verballyILLICITDDown 21: I'm lacking lustre in run throughIMPALEDDown 22: Appeals for casual worker, a good man, to returnTEMPTSDDown 24: On which landlubbers constitutionally walk the plankPIER