The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 28th May 2003 There are 13 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 28th May 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: A hot steam work-out that will stop bleedingHAEMOSTATAAcross 10: Hat or necklace or armband redhead removedTOQUEAAcross 11: Thatcher's injunction for Tim to embrace Sloppy JoeREJOICEAAcross 12: Not prepared for any rude lettersUNREADYAAcross 13: Smyrna now is water, so to speakIZMIRAAcross 14: Token for hop-picker going to potPOKER CHIPAAcross 16: Knotty Ash, perhaps, ends sound work by HawthorneTANGLEWOODTALESAAcross 19: Chaps (two of them contractors) taking equal shares in plantROYAL FERNAAcross 21: Be a fool about a lady of rankBEGUMAAcross 22: Crusoe's original place in ScotlandSELKIRKAAcross 23: Arrogance demonstrated in flashback by film directorHAUTEURAAcross 24: Capital before Tokyo rose - or Tokyo collapsed?KYOTOAAcross 25: Member of ruling class in naked drug orgy!GRAND DUKEDDown 1: Part of circuit training beginning with the morris dance?THERMISTORDDown 2: Poet finding no rhyme for Jeremy Bentham, unfortunatelyBETJEMANDDown 3: After the end of winter a tree appears more promisingROSIERDDown 4: Pen must go on top of escritoire - there's a problem with the lidSTYEDDown 5: Vehicle delayed initially in snowdrift is made lateSTRUCKDOWNDDown 6: High spot for Jack entertained by JacobinMT. ARARATDDown 7: Game crowdSQUASHDDown 8: Company getting past, holding up victory in EuropeBEVYDDown 14: Rough pegs worked in potentially explosive situationsPOWDERKEGSDDown 15: Stiff examinationPOST-MORTEMDDown 15: Stiff examinationPOSTMORTEMDDown 17: Sweet ship? That's good?LOLLIPOPDDown 18: Woody's line of fireLIGNEOUSDDown 20: Chicken or canary, perhapsYELLOWDDown 21: They may be beaten in spring (before start of summer)BOUNDSDDown 22: A drink for Pete's followerSAKEDDown 23: Kid giving old Vietnamese leader a kissHOAX