The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 23rd July 2001 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 23rd July 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Kitchen sideboard wanted for theatre employeeDRESSERAAcross 5: Contemplate getting into bed, bewildered!BEMUSEDAAcross 9: Music in "Thieving Magpie" cellists lovePIECEAAcross 10: Left in excellent bit of roast porkCRACKLINGAAcross 11: Opposed to having journalist behind barCOUNTEREDAAcross 12: Where one is sitting in an upholstered seat?SOFIAAAcross 13: Go round for something for her to wearSKIRTAAcross 15: Get rid of brewed ale in timeELIMINATEAAcross 18: Drills and cuts out round a rulerEXERCISESAAcross 19: Try to persuade relief worker to start talkingTEMPTAAcross 21: Poor misguided fellow needed evidencePROOFAAcross 23: Be taking on a bit of a French emperorBONAPARTEAAcross 25: Tease, till upset, a space travellerSATELLITEAAcross 26: Encircle the globe with itORBITAAcross 27: Rotten month? Yes, to a former copper!DECAYEDAAcross 28: Intellectual, for example, and good to leadEGGHEADDDown 1: Describes tea, say, in spiced mixtureDEPICTSDDown 2: Person in administration wanted about four put to deathEXECUTIVEDDown 3: Charming little street on the outskirtsSWEETDDown 4: Videos court officialsRECORDERSDDown 5: Boring billboard's first to come downBLANDDDown 6: Manufacture women's garment as a temporary substituteMAKESHIFTDDown 7: Person who is late starts silly quarrelSTIFFDDown 8: Leading doctor agreed being wrong causes dishonourDEGRADEDDown 14: In a diplomatic way, filled in catty membersTACTFULLYDDown 16: Fashionable because about to become hypocriticalINSINCEREDDown 17: Excellent! Blair made changesADMIRABLEDDown 18: Divorcee sat for an artist, nakedEXPOSEDDDown 20: Handled in a patient way?TREATEDDDown 22: Eye crooked cop with itOPTICDDown 23: Unable to see, as closed at one endBLINDDDown 24: Spike, caught in an apron, goes red!PRONG