The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 18th June 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 18th June 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Scallywag lost in search for a scallywagRASCALAAcross 5: He can make rifles and thin mugsGUNSMITHAAcross 9: End to dancing and sportFOOTBALLAAcross 10: Church with more unorthodox elementCHROMEAAcross 11: Censure dissolute Connie and TomCONDEMNATIONAAcross 13: Name Hilary, for exampleTERMAAcross 14: Stupid boy initially taking ell to be a weightDUMBBELLAAcross 17: Frail sap transformed into opera heroPARSIFALAAcross 18: Ethereal Titania, perhaps without a headAIRYAAcross 20: Something one remembers about AssemblyRECOLLECTIONAAcross 23: Field redeveloped up to a point in the valleyDEFILEAAcross 24: Deeply offended openly gay newspaper editorOUTRAGEDAAcross 25: Arsenic tops osmium as a cause of lung cancerASBESTOSAAcross 26: Must the French be annoying?NEEDLEDDown 2: This bomb is part of Nato munitionsATOMDDown 3: Decomposed coat found in Cambridgeshire burial vaultsCATACOMBSDDown 4: Pupil gets merits in studiesLEARNSDDown 5: Excellent, tasty appleGOLDEN DELICIOUSDDown 6: Soubriquet "Chip" not applicable to meNICKNAMEDDown 7: French revolutionary leader married a traitorMARATDDown 8: Involve me, an idiot at heart, in Tory shenanigansTOMFOOLERYDDown 12: Distressed Tessa needs calmSEDATENESSDDown 15: Boffin with tendency to produce bright ideaBRAIN WAVEDDown 15: Boffin with tendency to produce bright ideaBRAINWAVEDDown 16: A female, graceful and richAFFLUENTDDown 19: Languish on a carpetWILTONDDown 21: Declare love, then waste awayOPINEDDown 22: State hero in SwitzerlandTELL