The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 6th March 2000 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 6th March 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: East-enders get chicken joints, we hearCOCKNEYSAAcross 9: Sung by choir in church, not writtenCHORALAAcross 10: Strongly criticise, though it could be grandSLAMAAcross 11: Direct confrontation: look at Tories with diplomacyEYE CONTACTAAcross 12: Covering for an animal on the move?CARPETAAcross 14: Think fool in Ulster, for example, has enormous headCOGITATEAAcross 15: We would shortly hold the marriageWEDLOCKAAcross 17: Recommended commercial against one's editorADVISEDAAcross 20: Pleasure-seeker captures professor in robberyHEDONISTAAcross 22: Unusual exitWAY-OUTAAcross 23: Large rodents crop up on high-class treesPORCUPINESAAcross 24: Difficult situation in Soho? Leave it to me!HOLEAAcross 25: Modest and restrained, though pursued we hearCHASTEAAcross 26: Uncertain, yet phone a beginnerNEOPHYTEDDown 1: Black look at the cutting edge?COALFACEDDown 2: From the cask I managed to remove the creamSKIMDDown 3: Dislike of French questionsDETESTDDown 4: Nature of wild scenes with sweetheartESSENCEDDown 5: Bolt from the blue made mincemeat of cat and dogACT OF GODDDown 6: Prince Charles's Old Man grabs it and plaything is stuffed with it - how highfalutin!HOITY-TOITYDDown 7: Does he eat too much Whiskas?FAT CATDDown 13: Laws police manipulated to bolster coverPILLOWCASEDDown 16: A hundred Bohemians and carpentersCHIPPIESDDown 18: Symmetry of Eastern characterEQUALITYDDown 19: A hundred in Gateshead being penitentATONINGDDown 21: She holds rozzer back for agesEPOCHSDDown 22: Norman's tooth?WISDOMDDown 24: Martha has hidden fenceHA-HADDown 24: Martha has hidden fenceHAHA