The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 15th May 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 15th May 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Drink and drink, missing a round - pass oneCOCA COLAAAcross 9: Intrude force in go-slow?TRUDGEAAcross 10: Weirdo gives horse to kingGEEKAAcross 11: Knuckle down to working one's ____ to the ____FINGERBONEAAcross 12: Guardian articles a model among a lot of newspapers?FOURTHAAcross 14: Don't let one drink to the foregoingSUPPRESSAAcross 15: The first 45 minutes slightly burns the pictures in a residential areaHOUSINGAAcross 17: Liberal use of writing?BRAILLEAAcross 20: Road on Riviera or in southwest England, as they say?CORNICHEAAcross 22: See 2ENGINEAAcross 23: Stairs - outside stairs - as removed and destroyed at dawnFIRST LIGHTAAcross 24: After 24 down, the 12 means freedomJULYAAcross 25: Terrible tease at first part of 3 concerned with 15ESTATEAAcross 26: Sugary affair heard to come back after being booed?MERINGUEDDown 1: Aria from bird of peace - like this number?DOVESONODDown 2: Thomas Ken put in fruit without hesitationTANKDDown 3: Clown turning up on a high with a scrubberLOOFAHDDown 4: Listener's home, the grave?EARNESTDDown 5: A term pet used to adapt old styleATTEMPERDDown 6: Truancy where being 4 was important for the interment of a small cakeBUNBURYINGDDown 7: See 25AGENTSDDown 13: One with a great future? Rats!RISINGSTARDDown 16: Mr Bean, raised outside prison, provides 22across 15sNACELLESDDown 18: Lion and mule entangled on the floorLINOLEUMDDown 19: Ice for a short time in ItalyBERGAMODDown 21: Not necessary to expose 10 toesOTIOSEDDown 22: Milk from the next or the next but one houseEXTORTDDown 24: I keep a French monthJUNE