The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 24th July 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 24th July 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: See doctor at four, fit and roadworthyDRIVABLEAAcross 5: US spacecraft keeps its head in a ringAPOLLOAAcross 9: Recapture and revere it like thisRETRIEVEAAcross 10: Hear ornamental band become rigidFREEZEAAcross 12: Argumentative but happy with later promisesCONTENTIOUSAAcross 15: Former BBC chief upset her with itREITHAAcross 17: Hamlet's very large dog?GREAT DANEAAcross 18: Only child with vest onSINGLETONAAcross 19: My belief is that wine is absorbed in companyCREDOAAcross 20: I'm oversure of my own ability, having smart wooden shoesCLEVER CLOGSAAcross 24: Money attracts marijuana, which is worthlessTINPOTAAcross 25: Desmond breaks up a petal, which is basePEDESTALAAcross 26: Administrator, for example, included in the rentREGENTAAcross 27: Spread legs wide to keep violin ''eld backwardsSTRADDLEDDown 1: Female chief cried about lock of hairDIRECTRESSDDown 2: More than one aim under canvas is to hold onINTENTIONSDDown 3: Lewis Carroll's girl is caught in a lieALICEDDown 4: Burning to pick up the girl and cohabitLIVE TOGETHERDDown 6: Bloodsucking as it appears in Capri quaintlyPARASITICDDown 7: Culinary vegetable, sleek if top not cut offLEEKDDown 8: Headless women acting as a warningOMENDDown 11: Wearied folk and unlucky savers might doLOSEINTERESTDDown 13: Kicked around a referee without shoesBAREFOOTEDDDown 14: Young French woman: "Lilo seemed wobbly"DEMOISELLEDDown 16: Fifty per cent on top of old coinHALF CROWNDDown 21: Pincer-like claw displayed by Rachel actingCHELADDown 22: Leading lady accommodates second sailorSTARDDown 23: Starting pistols, for example, hung up in pub's small roomSNUG