The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th June 2003 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th June 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Caleb, too, sported this tieBOOTLACEAAcross 5: Bad curtains cause annoyanceOFFENDAAcross 9: Clueless - even without pig!IGNORANTAAcross 10: Shoe with a distinctive tongueBROGUEAAcross 12: The offence of considerate vandalismDESECRATIONAAcross 15: Birds barred on the racecourseRAILSAAcross 17: Without planning Post Office is in extreme disarrayEX TEMPOREAAcross 17: Without planning Post Office is in extreme disarrayEXTEMPOREAAcross 18: Given time, perhaps, on Judgement DaySENTENCEDAAcross 19: Problem over totalSUM-UPAAcross 20: Bread supplierMONEYLENDERAAcross 24: Singers trained at High School?TENORSAAcross 25: Longed for by Attila with exceptional greedHUNGEREDAAcross 26: Endgame played by partners?MATINGAAcross 27: Politicians who figure things out?STATISTSDDown 1: Where conflicts of interest are resolved, unseen and tied up soundlyBLIND TRUSTDDown 2: Knowing all to be in most nice orderOMNISCIENTDDown 3: Song written for the theatreLYRICDDown 4: One who knows better daysCONVALESCENTDDown 6: Freemason altered entries on birth certificateFORENAMESDDown 7: Advantage gained when bowler finds it ...EDGEDDown 8: ... low in pitch and away from wicketDEEPDDown 11: One Thursday wasted in period costume, like the Emperor'sBIRTHDAY SUITDDown 13: Officers storing gold in ornamental chestsCOMMODORESDDown 14: Fabled sisters perished somehow guarding the last pair of applesHESPERIDESDDown 16: It makes things damp in the eveningSTEAM IRONDDown 21: King Edward had a problem with ryeERGOTDDown 22: Must stir unfermented grape juiceSTUMDDown 23: One of the Windsors in difficultyKNOT