The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 11th December 2000 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 11th December 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Loving proposalTENDERAAcross 4: Fruit and nutsBANANASAAcross 9: Upset, yet orders vesselDESTROYERAAcross 10: Caught accountant following me to the Holy CityMECCAAAcross 11: Bird in house left to dieOUSELAAcross 12: Deserted Group 1 in timeABANDONEDAAcross 13: One won't be happy to show itSADNESSAAcross 15: Last month a politician wanted to abscondDECAMPAAcross 17: Drink one brought in by restaurant employeeWAITERAAcross 19: Declined to postpone backing American interventionREFUSEDAAcross 22: Mounds of earth first made by Shell Oil, perhapsMOLEHILLSAAcross 24: Coach coachesTRAINAAcross 26: Product name for sheets, perhapsLINENAAcross 27: Bird with separate crestPARTRIDGEAAcross 28: See AIDS as an illnessDISEASEAAcross 29: Girl has to help men outMAIDENDDown 1: Boring man promises to payTEDIOUSDDown 2: They smell good!NOSESDDown 3: Ron met Len Turner signing onENROLMENTDDown 4: Drinks' dispenserBARMAIDDDown 5: Called man back to meet editorNAMEDDDown 6: What people in prison call each other?NICKNAMESDDown 7: Skinhead to pass youth leader a drinkSHANDYDDown 8: Relief road close to canyonBYPASSDDown 14: Change ends ideal time limitsDEADLINESDDown 16: Something to scoff at?CAFETERIADDown 18: He leaves here, failing to slip backRELAPSEDDown 19: Army regiment kind to holiday centreRESORTDDown 20: Place of confinement none dug out ofDUNGEONDDown 21: Strolled in the morning, then gave bloodAMBLEDDDown 23: He returned Ann's flowering shrubHENNADDown 25: Some said education helpedAIDED