The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 1st January 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 1st January 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: It's routine to make a puddingBREAD AND BUTTERAAcross 8: Complains bitterly in barsRAILSAAcross 9: Plaything for school groupTRAIN SETAAcross 11: Rob to go off following return of EdwardDESPOILAAcross 12: Smoker in church will cause angerINCENSEAAcross 13: The splits - or the alternativeOTHERAAcross 15: The way badly-dressed student found inside, then wandered erraticallySTRAGGLEDAAcross 17: It whips up urge he has to raise his gameEGGBEATERAAcross 20: Provide non-professional with no backingLAYONAAcross 21: Pulls back, moving closer when I get inRECOILSAAcross 23: Wrote strangely to editor, having attained a lofty positionTOWEREDAAcross 25: A capital citizen?PARISIANAAcross 26: Name the French applied to birdTITLEAAcross 27: Where one first learns the chief disciplinesPRIMARYSCHOOLSDDown 1: Is very fed up at being so battered or deformedBOREDTOTEARSDDown 2: Gives out due to changing timesEMITSDDown 3: Conversation's sure to get animated after the danceDISCOURSEDDown 4: They're known for being stingyNETTLESDDown 5: Coal burner produced following bizarre mix-upBRAZIERDDown 6: A good mixer will cheer people upTONICDDown 7: Always enter new arrangement with a friendETERNALLYDDown 10: The right outfit to wear to the match?WEDDING DRESSDDown 14: Designed for the baby-sitter?HIGHCHAIRDDown 16: It shows time is preciousGOLDWATCHDDown 18: Foreign artiste is more piquantTASTIERDDown 19: Audience numbers made up by sailorsRATINGSDDown 22: I do get confused when I'm about to give certain type of speechIDIOMDDown 24: Proportion of fighting force turning up in South American cityRATIO