The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 22nd May 2000 There are 13 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 22nd May 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Compelled one to leave drive-inDRIVENAAcross 6: Government measuresRULERSAAcross 9: Egghead hunts round for respectESTEEMAAcross 10: Leaves Bonn a sad messABANDONSAAcross 11: You almost start to grasp a Hindu system of philosophyYOGAAAcross 12: Say, not Thatcher's Sir Bernard seen in Midlands city!NOTTINGHAMAAcross 13: Tickling breast: euphoria is said to follow!TITILLATIONAAcross 18: Express in restrained terms, being less than articulateUNDERSTATEAAcross 21: Japan loses one, but gets English jokeJAPEAAcross 22: The common people's music: a clue, perhapsPOPULACEAAcross 23: Stone alien spaceshipROCKETAAcross 24: Sent first of suitors off with cool allureENTICEAAcross 25: Sadomasochism has pair tentatively hitting, initially without roughnessSMOOTHDDown 1: Men of letter are low on alcohol: Royal Academy take note!LITERATIDDown 2: Never mind where pests are hidingVERMINDDown 3: Person is, to a T, a "people person"HUMANISTDDown 4: Salt dosage is incorrectSEA DOGDDown 4: Salt dosage is incorrectSEADOGDDown 5: Tyrant''s in Regimental HQDESPOTDDown 7: Speak about German conjunction for a period of 24 hoursSUNDAYDDown 8: Perhaps Blair, partly dropping Left, gets advantage over moderate centrePARTYLEADERDDown 14: Fashionable opinion, for exampleINSTANCEDDown 15: Someone conscientious in wartime, perhapsOBJECTORDDown 16: Introspectively , found oneself unaccomplishedUNDONEDDown 17: Faculty has to spend a penny in schoolSPEECHDDown 19: Breaks out in purest mayhemERUPTSDDown 20: Prue returns accepting honour for a Brussels politicianEUROMP