The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 4th December 2003 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th December 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Firm assembling train setsRESISTANTAAcross 6: Play the lawyer in America without impactDRAMAAAcross 9: Make many a pile, being economicalCHEAPAAcross 10: Maintain ministers should set the sceneBACKCLOTHAAcross 11: Order given with a flourishDECORATIONAAcross 12: Time the old car fails to startYEARAAcross 14: Person who's discharged for always carrying a hand-warmerEMITTERAAcross 15: Take issue about heel getting the cheeseSTILTONAAcross 17: A tree with bark?DOGWOODAAcross 19: A pound in rises negotiated - or closeAIRLESSAAcross 20: Man taking part had a magnificent physiqueADAMAAcross 22: Those manipulating others to their own advantageOSTEOPATHSAAcross 25: Lay to rest party splitINTERSECTAAcross 26: The deep canoe needs to be properly shapedOCEANAAcross 27: Blush when attacked in beastly fashionGOREDAAcross 28: A trying individual of a certain eminence - a counsellorTORMENTORDDown 1: One may get in the way when rushedRACEDDDown 2: Produce notes about sailboat drawingSKETCHINGDDown 3: Break apart - noise is dreadfulSEPARATIONDDown 4: He'll judge a section about right with little hesitationARBITERDDown 5: Not cosy (not usually, that is) for business magnatesTYCOONSDDown 6: Avoid such coarse stuffDUCKDDown 7: A cheat in the matter of loveADOREDDown 8: Scattered and set about a woman's fansADHERENTSDDown 13: Just the instrument for great sound!MICROPHONEDDown 14: Winning over the listener in the finishENDEARINGDDown 16: The handling of someone who is patient?TREATMENTDDown 18: Head of state to be seen in due courseDESSERTDDown 19: Article on superior, though wrong-doing, supporterABETTERDDown 21: Middle Eastern flowerASTERDDown 23: The Spaniard presenting oriental coppers with goldSENORDDown 24: Mismanaged raid - quite fruitlessARID