The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 3rd July 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 3rd July 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pictures of a mince pieCINEMAAAcross 5: Self-confident and convinced about CitySECUREAAcross 8: Laurel tree originally following in secondINSTANTAAcross 9: Reverse role - sailor as pest eliminator?RATTRAPAAcross 11: Mysteriously retreat, run away in friendly surroundsPRETERNATURALLYAAcross 12: A bit of music when school's overNOTEAAcross 13: It protects the furniture of clergy on boardTABLECLOTHAAcross 17: Highwayman carrying eastern books to the East gets thinnerTURPENTINEAAcross 18: The woman's a goddessHERAAAcross 20: Net pay received by one tangling with latter-day GypsyNEWAGETRAVELLERAAcross 23: Proceed from sea cow, back to frontEMANATEAAcross 24: Threefold Arab city in spasmTRIADICAAcross 25: Guideline for most of the studyTHREADAAcross 26: Model in check on a piece of viewing apparatusRETINADDown 2: Policeman's new crisp 12INSPECTORDDown 3: Plate attaining celebrity among the SpanishENAMELDDown 4: One in waiting for worker supporting a dry purposeATTENDANTDDown 5: Walk jauntily, given supportSTRUTDDown 6: Fall on jazz fan taking a right turnCATARACTDDown 7: Country sportsmen backing GodRURALDDown 8: No apologies for compiler's change involving 1 and 10IMPENITENCEDDown 10: Chirpy cat is mad about mental healthPSYCHIATRICDDown 14: Cavalryman protecting a virtuous soul from bomberLANCASTERDDown 15: Ale vendor finding it too much to bear?OVERLADENDDown 16: Degree given to canto of sorts in European cityBELGRADEDDown 19: Leave off, taking second to interrupt believerDESISTDDown 21: Shakespeare's beloved seizes 9 part 1 in furyWRATHDDown 22: Fashion in which Tyrannosaurus Rex heads for extinctionTREND