The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 30th September 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 30th September 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Punitive action to restrict duke is what egalitarians wantREDISTRIBUTIONAAcross 8: Alluring, full of Eastern sparkleGLEAMAAcross 9: Salt mixed in a gelatinALGINATEAAcross 11: Doctor's pronouncement - take time off for a bitMODICUMAAcross 12: Gordon? Crooked, but keeping clear of all chargesBENNETTAAcross 13: Does prohibition-buster have the ability to provide a conduit for trade?CANALAAcross 15: Adherent's mainstay - one set of holy booksPROPONENTAAcross 17: Old fossils, who caused trouble to the Israelites?AMMONITESAAcross 20: America backing old tribe in AfricaSUDANAAcross 21: Gross charlatan taking in Europe's foremost financierGRESHAMAAcross 23: Run away from salons seen to be terriblePARLOUSAAcross 25: Looking like a star with stuff in show? The oppositeSTELLATEAAcross 26: One desiring solitude - magnificent but ultimately twistedGRETAAAcross 27: Undo the side nut somehow to get at the sideSOUTHENDUNITEDDDown 1: National upheaval as a recipe for creating emigre?REGIMECHANGEDDown 2: Horror brought by low grade - extra study requiredDREADDDown 3: Stop one half of an internal passage?SEMICOLONDDown 4: One may find a way through this bookROAD MAPDDown 5: Harmful creature given a shout of disapproval - object of fearBUGABOODDown 6: TV critic who shocked many - and not all fusty nanniesTYNANDDown 7: Getting better? No, the opposite, when it comes to those people facing deathONTHEMENDDDown 10: Instant deals negotiated somewhere in New YorkSTATEN ISLANDDDown 14: Deputy union man faces endless distressNUMBERTWODDown 16: Hormone can make one get so randy, initiallyOESTROGENDDown 18: Dish bringing torment to little fellowTIMBALEDDown 19: Fool in part of trench nearest enemySAPHEADDDown 22: Most religious? Not one English composerHOLSTDDown 24: Go, start off, with green clearly observableOVERT