The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 9th October 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 9th October 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hackers heard in the Treasury?COFFERSAAcross 5: English actress turns odd, extending sinsSIDDONSAAcross 9: Square-shaped A to Z, a record sent backPLAZAAAcross 10: Partly scorches tray-cloth, just the bandORCHESTRAAAcross 11: The person's chop will be cooked, if it's luminousPHOSPHORESCENTAAcross 13: Aristocrat almost before his time?EARLAAcross 14: Highbrow or hippie?LONGHAIRAAcross 17: Those who wade quietly, getting left among the snakesPADDLERSAAcross 18: Complexion of second familySKINAAcross 21: Key moral quality seen in divine rural actCARDINAL VIRTUEAAcross 23: Oddly, I can't idle like this twinIDENTICALAAcross 24: Commander-in-chief goes to hospital: it's easyCINCHAAcross 25: He turns dog on Freya nearlyGODFREYAAcross 26: Right inside running wet eye is growth making a bowYEWTREEDDown 1: It protects the shoulder during a caperCAPEDDown 2: Buddy in a boa or a bird?FEATHEREDFRIENDDDown 3: Turning pale and half seen to pass awayELAPSEDDown 4: He takes black powder to calm downSOOTHEDDown 5: I'm mixing with crooks in the sanatoriumSICKROOMDDown 6: Training of horses makes my costume seem olderDRESSAGEDDown 7: Simmering is low priorityONTHEBACKBURNERDDown 8: Sing about the subject a bitSMATTERINGDDown 12: This is with regard to one's followingRESPECTINGDDown 15: 100 move slowly round small monasteryCLOISTERDDown 16: Three rulers try to hold rocking chairTRIARCHYDDown 19: Nelly beheaded about six with maliceEVILLYDDown 20: Cow found beneath wrecked car in PolandCRACOWDDown 22: She hides ring in footwearSHOE