The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 14th July 2003 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 14th July 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Head comes off optical instrument, but it's still goingEXTANTAAcross 4: Cannonball?POM-POMAAcross 4: Cannonball?POMPOMAAcross 9: Mole that is infiltrating public relationsPIERAAcross 10: A sign that a professional man is prepared to do businessBRASSPLATEAAcross 11: Yarn that's embroideredCREWELAAcross 12: Annul, even in court?SET-ASIDEAAcross 13: Patch up one's differences with Thackeray?MAKE-PEACEAAcross 15: Space to turn round and berthMOORAAcross 16: Take off a ring, we hearPEELAAcross 17: Fit to do the job with reservationsQUALIFIEDAAcross 21: Split seen in a sexy dress?CLEAVAGEAAcross 22: A charming thing to wearAMULETAAcross 24: Cacti lend a different look to a flat, perhapsACCIDENTALAAcross 25: State without a health centreUTAHAAcross 26: Ann set out for French townNANTESAAcross 27: Kept going, having supportSTAYEDDDown 1: When free, retire to a place abroadERITREADDown 2: Project to cause confusionTHROWDDown 3: Unable to fix bearing of starsNEBULAEDDown 5: Attacks aimed at badgers?ONSETSDDown 6: Eliminate European cricket sidePOLISH OFFDDown 7: He produces a pass when chargedMATADORDDown 8: Mass in its full versionMASSACHUSETTSDDown 14: The height of architectural draughtsmanshipELEVATIONDDown 16: Kind of crossing made by Drake's shipPELICANDDown 18: It's not bound to be distributedLEAFLETDDown 19: Small type of gemEMERALDDDown 20: Animal disease going round English riding schoolMANEGEDDown 23: There's a lot of interest taken in itUSURY