The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 24th April 2000 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 24th April 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Since the Parisian dropped in, it's quietSILENCEAAcross 8: A down-trodden machine operatorTREADLEAAcross 10: A pile of snow cut looseADRIFTAAcross 11: Music-maker wanting wine to take inCLARINETAAcross 12: Learner is taken in by family bakerKILNAAcross 13: Engines produce this; something you ride mightHORSEPOWERAAcross 14: Inhibit poor in another form of banPROHIBITIONAAcross 19: Seek advice about tan from specialistCONSULTANTAAcross 22: Nothing to pay, so charge is about right!FREEAAcross 23: It's amusing returning and going in to see hostLANDLORDAAcross 24: Number and name, yet in different orderNINETYAAcross 25: Me and the Queen wander aimlesslyMEANDERAAcross 26: Abandons infertile regionsDESERTSDDown 1: Sid and I upset by scornDISDAINDDown 2: Novice has to pray insideBEGINNERDDown 3: Put an end to spirit North of the BorderSCOTCHDDown 4: Best street to go in is the widestBROADESTDDown 5: Material an accountant left with one firmCALICODDown 6: Walter edited the part that's changedALTEREDDDown 9: Twenty pieces of timber seen at cricket groundsSCOREBOARDSDDown 15: Holy building was in debtHALLOWEDDDown 16: Away from work stopped getting insultedOFFENDEDDDown 17: Searched for food for the elderly?FORAGEDDDown 18: Having left instructions in case one becomes late!TESTATEDDown 20: Part of railway sign I'd damagedSIDINGDDown 21: Sunburnt man embraces AnnTANNED