The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 2nd June 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 2nd June 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: High-pitched river battleFALSETTOAAcross 9: Mount framing an artist in his elementARARATAAcross 10: Provides encouragement for poaching, sayEGGSAAcross 11: Boy going to school in SuffolkFELIXSTOWEAAcross 12: Lots follow second testSAMPLEAAcross 14: Dwelling is rented outRESIDENTAAcross 15: Speech written on an envelopeADDRESSAAcross 17: Feeling guilty, has made reparationsASHAMEDAAcross 20: An automatic grill should do itBROWNINGAAcross 22: Lie back, having eaten - whacked!BIFFEDAAcross 23: The issue of offspringGRANDCHILDAAcross 24: Clever stroke to pointCUTEAAcross 25: Operatic heroine that is at heart betrayedISOLDEAAcross 26: Impressed by eastern flightSTAMPEDEDDown 1: Vehicle needs protection at the frontVANGUARDDDown 2: One member of the family currently at OxfordISISDDown 3: Choke is left outSTIFLEDDown 4: Post on ship or shore for a sailorBOLLARDDDown 5: Teams in the markets for left-wingersMARXISTSDDown 6: The prodigal son's return fareFATTEDCALFDDown 7: I want a free, democratic islandTAIWANDDown 13: Blue shellfishPERIWINKLEDDown 16: They join together in operationsSTITCHESDDown 18: Calm water at duskEVENTIDEDDown 19: Opposed to profit in a wayAGAINSTDDown 21: Most unusual form of arrestRARESTDDown 22: Wrongly blamed for the uproarBEDLAMDDown 24: Cut a cloakCOPE