The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 10th April 2000 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 10th April 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: I merit no purge in struggle for eldest son's right of successionPRIMOGENITUREAAcross 10: Strain following former spouse's addition to homeEXTENSIONAAcross 11: A dithyramb, oddly, contains a brutal film heroRAMBOAAcross 12: Arrogant public relations officer attached to upper-class DemocratPROUDAAcross 13: Gets the better of a knight, we hear, and gets on a horseSURMOUNTSAAcross 14: Unpleasantly and hurriedly decapitated new leader at the frontNASTILYAAcross 16: Playwright has in a decoratorPAINTERAAcross 18: System of gates and other openingsWINDOWSAAcross 20: Fairy queen, giant and I, and Ariel to start withTITANIAAAcross 21: Adores Portillo, perhaps, in romantic taleLOVE STORYAAcross 23: Bash comicBEANOAAcross 24: Excel in devout doingsOUTDOAAcross 25: Support Frenchwoman, right? It moves things forwardPROPELLERAAcross 26: Tate drives men crazy -- it could be personal!ADVERTISEMENTDDown 2: I soon trap agitated rodent exterminatorRATPOISONDDown 3: Reportedly object to having explosivesMINEDDDown 4: Win the chance to speak or deny somethingGAINSAYDDown 5: Type of paint, not wetNONDRIPDDown 6: Man of violence is deranged rotter, sir!TERRORISTDDown 7: Italian ran to accept an orderROMANDDown 8: Sad bat in treeWEEPING WILLOWDDown 9: Keep occupied by a riot up in the Academy of MusicCONSERVATOIREDDown 15: Smooth Jagger, for example, represents Rock!IRONSTONEDDown 17: This hat should hold a lot of waterTENGALLONDDown 19: Blow top, thus throwing contestSHOT PUTDDown 19: Blow top, thus throwing contestSHOTPUTDDown 20: Much younger lovers flirt with ladsTOYBOYSDDown 22: Elected Vietnamese officers to examine deserters initiallyVOTEDDDown 23: Amber cooked a fishBREAM