The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 23rd December 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 23rd December 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Priest and curate outed, leading to schismFRACTUREAAcross 9: Term for Clinton without Lewinsky to begin withHILARYAAcross 10: Old painter's abridged reflectionAGEDAAcross 11: Big blow that enabled Joshua to cross the Jordan?PILE DRIVERAAcross 12: English apt to brew with itTEAPOTAAcross 14: A bit on the floor with a couple of girlsTESSELLAAAcross 15: Invective of one caught in trafficTIRADEAAcross 17: Conflict was about capitalWARSAWAAcross 20: Latin and French, these novelsROMANCESAAcross 22: Afghan ordered to shut upPUSHTUAAcross 23: Rose gets hairdo in a stateFLORIBUNDAAAcross 24: State of bewilderment said to last a whileDAYSAAcross 25: "Whitehall begins to take a stand" - such words are misleadingWEASELAAcross 26: Teaches to see about accepting old moneyEDUCATESDDown 1: A bit about Steptoe and Son in the paperFRAGMENTDDown 2: Drug used in medication? On the contraryACIDDDown 3: Though not great writing, it gets published herePULPITDDown 4: Untidy hairdos emanating originally from old colonyRHODESIADDown 5: Old sect, first appearing important through glassesALBIGENSESDDown 6: River or springORWELLDDown 8: Old tool - hole could be made with itEOLITHDDown 13: Hairdos with some style - but understatedly "cool"PERMAFROSTDDown 16: Monotreme with nothing on accountDUCKBILLDDown 18: Power to depend on rising, so he roseWATTYLERDDown 19: Interest in making a name in American establishmentUSANCEDDown 21: No lime squash found on a rigOILMENDDown 22: Spin fever in the capitalPRAGUEDDown 24: Part of Shrove Tuesday taken up with a totDRAM