The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 7th October 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 7th October 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Succour can come from refined bishopBEFRIENDAAcross 5: Put a stop to drinkSCOTCHAAcross 9: One of the witch's early lessons?SPELLINGAAcross 10: It's built on a northern riverANNEXEAAcross 12: Tenor's music transposed and misreadMISCONSTRUEAAcross 15: Punjabi has reversed part of his addressSAHIBAAcross 17: Eagles can initially excite herERNESTINEAAcross 18: The local biosphere?ECOSYSTEMAAcross 19: A penguin, perhaps - one of several!DIVERAAcross 20: They keep strangers at bayCOASTGUARDSAAcross 24: Infection spreading up a legPLAGUEAAcross 25: Countryman getting to his home via NorwayPERUVIANAAcross 26: Summary processDIGESTAAcross 27: After their flight they see space differentlyESCAPEESDDown 1: The wild, original snakeBUSHMASTERDDown 2: Where the charges are not charged?FREESCHOOLDDown 3: Accommodation built in a CircleIGLOODDown 4: It's not needed on a sentinel's beatNONESSENTIALDDown 6: Kind of milk made into 26CONDENSEDDDown 7: So the name ...THENDDown 8: ... of the man in the ephod was UriahHEEPDDown 11: Women like MosesGRANDMOTHERSDDown 13: Cut in the Second XI ...SILVERSIDEDDown 14: ... shows now in the first-half resultREPRESENTSDDown 16: Youngsters required to be prepared to serve at Oxford?BOY SCOUTSDDown 21: Two universities in contention with the French mouthpieceUVULADDown 22: Murphy was sick when 'e leftSPUDDDown 23: When it goes, it's the end absolutelyBANG