The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 23rd April 2001 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 23rd April 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cocktail for a motorcyclist?SIDECARAAcross 5: Result of fast runner reaching street about fiveHARVESTAAcross 9: Organic compound needs different rinseRESINAAcross 10: No card taken back by Hislop? That's harshDRACONIANAAcross 11: Skill in writing plays calls for legworkSTAGECRAFTAAcross 12: Small old age pensioner in TV dramaSOAPAAcross 14: This type of flour would make gas in riflesSELFRAISINGAAcross 18: Illuminator's more disabled when admitting difficultyLAMPLIGHTERAAcross 21: Passion encountered in the theatreHEATAAcross 22: Extensive mattress cover seen in newspaperBROADSHEETAAcross 25: Noble descent means unhappy temperamentBLUE BLOODAAcross 25: Noble descent means unhappy temperamentBLUEBLOODAAcross 26: Apple which comes from a treeEATERAAcross 27: Threat to capture English leader at that placeTHEREATAAcross 28: To agree 100%TOTALLYDDown 1: Second lock of hair creating pressureSTRESSDDown 2: Day breaking to hide doctrine of alarmDISMAYDDown 3: Conservative only taking poetry the other way roundCONVERSELYDDown 4: Horseman provides an additional statementRIDERDDown 5: Chief teacher gets degree too quicklyHEADFIRSTDDown 6: Othello, perhaps, turning up in this spaceROOMDDown 7: Disconnected long poem about one lying on turfEPISODICDDown 8: Camper's friends: ten appearing on time with Margaret'sTENTPEGSDDown 13: Rudeness is what you might get from Peter's discDISRESPECTDDown 15: Badly behaved drunk turns up like a king, getting left outLAGERLOUTDDown 16: How to bathe with pal at sea: as easy as ABCALPHABETDDown 17: It's childish to shut up about 'headgearIMMATUREDDown 19: Soup ingredient gets Leonard lit upLENTILDDown 20: A man of god in a pig's home is not dimSTARRYDDown 23: Inspection of gold: daughter needs itAUDITDDown 24: Fit to take the top off the tableABLE