The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 2nd December 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 2nd December 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tasteless lines fabricated in thisSTAINLESS STEELAAcross 8: Support expert capturing cheatADOPTAAcross 9: Publicist arranged more portPROMOTERAAcross 11: Recluse formerly without issueEREMITEAAcross 12: Contrive to hide shrew in pigeonholeFINAGLEAAcross 13: Foreign money keeps children in paintOCHREAAcross 15: Semite in the desert is attached to oriental danceSARABANDEAAcross 17: Game girl meets Ian dancing in romantic placeRURITANIAAAcross 20: Accomplished tenor appearing in publicOVERTAAcross 21: The highest ambition of woman remainsEVERESTAAcross 23: Dodgy American parking in campSUSPECTAAcross 25: A state of panic dogs SpikeTAILSPINAAcross 26: Drink keeps soldier alertAGILEAAcross 27: King manipulated heart-felt rage about GermanyALFRED THE GREATDDown 1: Ray the lodger's a sportsmanSKATEBOARDERDDown 2: Appease a tenorATONEDDown 3: Three people tucking into fruit for sustenanceNUTRIMENTDDown 4: Train for showEXPRESSDDown 5: One ridicules small chestSCOFFERDDown 6: Old character is a nuisanceTHORNDDown 7: Development in Greece men vandalisedEMERGENCEDDown 10: Soldier takes time touring chap's plant in LondonREGENTSTREETDDown 14: Weed or plant during bad weatherHORSETAILDDown 16: Succeed with jargon term for tree creeper?BOOMSLANGDDown 18: Father has well-known case of writer's blockNOTEPADDDown 19: Ban this fermented drinkABSINTHDDown 22: Grease monkey said to be a mathematicianEULERDDown 24: Quarrel over English aristocracyELITE