The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 27th March 2000 There are 15 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 27th March 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Air unwholesome, so I'm going back like motherMIASMAAAcross 5: Salad ingredients for male cat, one with toesTOMATOESAAcross 9: I'm still keeping lines to Post Office in mindMILLPONDAAcross 10: Pulses and broth's stirred upTHROBSAAcross 11: An eccentric holding up, like bona fide membersCARDCARRYINGAAcross 13: Cat swallows nothing but furCOATAAcross 14: Woman takes all wild birds in Eton sportWALLGAMEAAcross 17: Greet men like this coming into beingEMERGENTAAcross 18: Knock back fly to get this strong tasteTANGAAcross 20: Bachelorhood day commemorated on 4 JulyINDEPENDENCEAAcross 23: Push on making a large mealNOSH-UPAAcross 24: Look mean, having no weak pointsAIR-TIGHTAAcross 24: Look mean, having no weak pointsAIRTIGHTAAcross 25: Mama ran thither, concealing an imaginary flowerAMARANTHAAcross 26: Start battle with bookENGAGEDDown 2: Murdoch is all but IrishIRISDDown 3: Lawyer stitches up Clio's trioSOLICITORDDown 4: A poet keeps love in check on the trainABOARDDDown 5: The cat who died, it moved to take great risksTODICEWITHDEATHDDown 6: Like grown-ups needing carpet, purely without pianoMATURELYDDown 7: Sailor: dry, heartless and slowTARDYDDown 8: Catch me up on motorway in Kent by side of river?EMBANKMENTDDown 12: Familiar space shared by schoolteachersCOMMON ROOMDDown 15: Little Georgia on the telephone, arranging a partyGATHERINGDDown 16: At this, heron must circle the East, flyingHEREUPONDDown 19: Dish detected in recent re-examinationENTREEDDown 21: Hesitation disturbed by the upper airETHERDDown 22: Tobacco birdSHAG