The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 27th December 1999 There are 18 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 27th December 1999. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Usual place for white lines? That's hardly extremeMIDDLE-OF-THE-ROADAAcross 9: Extended seafront in CaliforniaLONG BEACHAAcross 10: Grand displays by divorcees around riverEXPOSAAcross 11: Owners of land in the US?THEFREEAAcross 12: Run back east in part-payment dealTRADE-INAAcross 13: Travel over snow, but miss end of comic sketchSKIAAcross 15: Spock's metalworkerVULCANAAcross 18: State a Jolson request firstALASKAAAcross 19: Transports kind of bomb backTRAMSAAcross 20: Clumsy spoken address to a herring, sayOAFISHAAcross 22: Dachshund that fell off the back of a lorry?HOT-DOGAAcross 22: Dachshund that fell off the back of a lorry?HOTDOGAAcross 24: The beginning of past study belongs to himHISAAcross 26: To start with, know a military policeman and laugh about an African capitalKAMPALAAAcross 27: Honeybunch: for example, me under quiet volcanoPET NAMEAAcross 29: Bikini has a priceATOLLAAcross 30: Admire elk dopily in a somnolent stateDREAMLIKEAAcross 31: Became completely uninhibited after gauntlet hit Lola, surprisinglyLETITALLHANGOUTDDown 1: This could make the party go with a bang!MOLOTOV COCKTAILDDown 2: Poet said to have finishedDONNEDDown 3: Left Spain and Portugal for an African countryLIBERIADDown 4: Speaks out for zero chargesORATESDDown 5: South Sea island? Is it Thai, perhaps?TAHITIDDown 6: Setter is heard to cry: "Look!"EYEBALLDDown 7: Oh! Head of police pushed and victimisedOPPRESSEDDDown 8: Refined gentlemen and it's unravellingDISENTANGLEMENTDDown 14: Mini starter reported to be a sort of greenKHAKIDDown 16: What I did to turn "menopause" into "no pause"LEFTMEOUTDDown 17: Degree to which No Trumps top HeartsN-THDDown 17: Degree to which No Trumps top HeartsNTHDDown 18: Initially a solid hardwood treeASHDDown 21: Rattles capricious minor celebritySTARLETDDown 23: Bismarck's first on island, but he's TurkishOTTOMANDDown 24: Composer said to open doorHANDELDDown 25: Talk and urinate in school?SPEECHDDown 28: One foreign friend told to leave by anotherAMIGO