The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 3rd May 2004 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 3rd May 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Seasoned, but looked about a hundredSPICEDAAcross 5: Meet requirements flexiblySUPPLYAAcross 8: Escorts to one performance, going back aloneGIGOLOSAAcross 9: Broadcast decline in supplies from aboveAIR-DROPAAcross 9: Broadcast decline in supplies from aboveAIRDROPAAcross 11: Kipling's skin-deep relationship with the Raj lay closed, oddly no guy involvedTHECOLONELSLADYAAcross 12: See 11JUDYAAcross 13: Flirty question to alien returning it in clubCOQUETTISHAAcross 17: Touching last month's talk on "How to improve our surroundings"REDECORATEAAcross 18: Cross over entranceROODAAcross 20: Care centre that's not operationalCOTTAGEHOSPITALAAcross 23: Opening made by reactor, if iceboundORIFICEAAcross 24: It's back in character, turning savageDRASTICAAcross 25: See 11OGRADYAAcross 26: See the sign?NOTICEDDown 2: Stubborn beast made for ...PIGHEADEDDDown 3: ... elephant's mate, wholly captivated and guilelessCALLOWDDown 4: Tarnish the shade of Hell?DISCOLOURDDown 5: Not required to give up time to an afterthoughtSPAREDDown 6: Cadger takes cut as it splitsPARASITEDDown 7: Popular Valentines feature a nymphLARVADDown 8: Get thee hence! To Jordan?GOTOJERICHODDown 10: Cupid's love for exotic foods to many can be mind-blowingPSYCHEDELICDDown 14: Not trampled under, don't move!UNTRODDENDDown 15: One like this still in a state of equilibriumISOSTATICDDown 16: Complaint (without date) about American spies with a twitchSCIATICADDown 19: Love quiet time with a good book when one is given a choiceOPTANTDDown 21: Object for beginners to take home in new gearTHINGDDown 22: Disliked person putting me up in eastern cityENEMY