The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st October 2003 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st October 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Left-wing alliance meeting in promenadePOPULAR FRONTAAcross 8: Expel from a party in true fashionREAD-OUTAAcross 8: Expel from a party in true fashionREADOUTAAcross 9: When in island makes tour of betting placesCASINOSAAcross 11: Copper takes racketeers' picturesCUTOUTSAAcross 12: Rum sort of yellSCREECHAAcross 13: Priest touring see with crookCURVEAAcross 14: With belly in unusually bad order, lain overABDOMINALAAcross 16: Soldiers given order thus to retreatCOMMANDOSAAcross 19: Tree many be deal? Right?ALDERAAcross 21: Intrusive moves made by voguish explorer, sayINROADSAAcross 23: Leading 19 down - talk of the townCHATHAMAAcross 24: Bar in to the right is less crowdedTHINNERAAcross 25: Disturbed by short section in the OTOVERSETAAcross 26: Dandy outfit buck's put onCLOTHESHORSEDDown 1: Leading seaman's sketch of solePLANTARDDown 2: Food manufacturePRODUCEDDown 3: Left to love and lust outrageously in this bed of rosesLOTUS LANDDDown 3: Left to love and lust outrageously in this bed of rosesLOTUSLANDDDown 4: Channels for sporting eventsRACESDDown 5: Platform prepared for the beakROSTRUMDDown 6: Material witness provided by Granny SharpNANKEENDDown 7: Shrink on seeing circus performerTRICKCYCLISTDDown 10: Egghead's associate makes decisive moves on boardSCHOLARSMATEDDown 15: Cleaner faces ruin, hooked on dope and heroinDISHCLOTHDDown 17: Warlike skill shown when wearing coat of mail, perhapsMARTIALDDown 18: Not for touchingAGAINSTDDown 19: Ham sandwich consumed with a drink standingAMATEURDDown 20: Seed with thick centre about to burst openDEHISCEDDown 22: Cloth that sounds swellSERGE