The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 7th May 2001 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 7th May 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Strip with sex appeal for gangsterBANDITAAcross 4: Is dead duck in quarantine?ISOLATEAAcross 9: Police HQ's taking credit for measureYARDSTICKAAcross 10: Holm has a tenantISLETAAcross 11: Operation time for Norma?OPERAAAcross 12: Doctor, I hurt: came with swollen jointsRHEUMATICAAcross 13: Gutless tergiversator, a single Tory, almost becomes turncoatTRAITORAAcross 15: Gee, perhaps it's in the postLETTERAAcross 17: Ravine in Tuscany, once hiddenCANYONAAcross 19: Concert I enter by the back passageRECITALAAcross 22: California city curtailed religious ceremonySACRAMENTAAcross 24: Old Peruvian's in jailINCANAAcross 26: A&E's admitting 54: quick!ALIVEAAcross 27: Train line dug to line east -- or west -- of GreenwichLONGITUDEAAcross 28: Lands in east Massachusetts and Maine, for instanceESTATESAAcross 29: Infuriates Her Majesty and 'angs aboutANGERSDDown 1: Ostracise a cricketerBOYCOTTDDown 2: Promote and organise endless unrestNURSEDDown 3: Flash Labour leader may end being on the spotINSTANTLYDDown 4: Ken will smash pot found in deskINKWELLDDown 5: Overdose on some valium? Shame!ODIUMDDown 6: All extremely overweight men get, initially, tiny rationALLOTMENTDDown 7: Covered in unguent, I certainly tantalise!ENTICEDDown 8: "Echo" was a Maxwell paper onceMIRRORDDown 14: Revolutionary's terribly rash anticANARCHISTDDown 16: Time to act: ICI takes on an expert plannerTACTICIANDDown 18: Sewers are not entirely unnecessaryNEEDLESDDown 19: Thinking highly of sailorRATINGDDown 20: Lynne, it's said, catches birdsLINNETSDDown 21: Flee first east then south to South African provinceESCAPEDDown 23: Department in pursuit of a skilled personADEPTDDown 25: Unrefined and ignorant support for ConservativeCRUDE