The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd October 2003 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd October 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Shirts lost here. Desire, after all, loses one in laundryWALLSTREETCRASHAAcross 9: What, some Europeans say, old singer's got in purseEXCHEQUERAAcross 10: The Guardian's about to make a stinkODOURAAcross 11: Top wine waiter's pointless and muddled, showing sluggishnessINERTIAAAcross 12: One of the regulars is rather noticeable in appearanceHABITUEAAcross 13: What's owed penniless victim of trickeryDUEAAcross 14: Plant polled fern included in enigmatic clueLUCERNEAAcross 17: Jumpy over spread in back of tabloidNERVOUSAAcross 19: Even Pequod's missing circling whales with competenceEQUABLEAAcross 22: I long to leave capital before getting occupancy of new sculptorBERNINIAAcross 24: This vehicle reverses into its clubCARAAcross 25: To demonstrate hostility I shall repeatedly hug womenILL WILLAAcross 26: Syrian city not prepared to support MacAllistair's enlightenment?ANTIOCHAAcross 28: In homage, went down pathetically like 10 that's unnecessaryKNELTAAcross 29: A conventional US vessel for pulling back round a countryGUATEMALAAAcross 30: Understanding needed to encode a letter in translation?ENTENTE CORDIALEDDown 1: The town crier is running lateWEEWILLIEWINKIEDDown 2: Sinister cult has locked up its richesLUCREDDown 3: Someone in a restaurant in Cornwall or JerseySWEATERDDown 4: Outwardly profligate young man filling in with this?ROULADEDDown 5: Encourage head to drop towards feet of clay ...EARTHENDDown 6: ... worker on coverings for feet left aiming for head dressCLOBBERDDown 7: In compiling, Afrit (without love) or Enigmatist (with stronger reason)A FORTIORIDDown 8: Sporting myth - viewer has to be treated with a "V"HARVEYSMITHWAVEDDown 15: The fourth described thus by poet in case change to 2 takes precedenceCRUELLESTDDown 16: Footballer's reciprocal love for tennis playerNILDDown 18: One sees part of rare object in haystackEYEDDown 20: Two reports of money being integral to the dealBUILT-INDDown 21: Bucolics, say, turn up to feed drug to pointerECLOGUEDDown 22: Well done, Bill! Cracking display!BRAVADODDown 23: Take to be French and notice the patch-up jobRETREADDDown 27: Order - I've found it in Nebraska!OMAHA