The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 6th August 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 6th August 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bear to carry round the French artistTOLERATEAAcross 5: Gunman takes bearing, pulls back pin and turns aboutSNIPERAAcross 9: Enchanting Scotsman is a conjurorMAGICIANAAcross 10: Mollycoddle company of saints by knocking back endless teaCOSSETAAcross 12: Soft drink to make you feel betterTONICAAcross 13: "It's Paul, right" I managed. "Divine!"SPIRITUALAAcross 14: Thousands backing the Spanish and French on Florida islands; they will open any doorSKELETONKEYSAAcross 18: Is a story fact muddled? That's acceptableSATISFACTORYAAcross 21: Old news broadcaster may weep for the communityTOWN CRIERAAcross 23: Stone found in the crag at EdaleAGATEAAcross 24: Rite almost enveloped in beam of sunlight - that's something unusualRARITYAAcross 25: Thunder drops below, so it's excellent to come down somewhere in South-East AsiaTHAILANDAAcross 26: Cuban leader orders actors aboutCASTROAAcross 27: By the sound of it, cheery and drunk Cockney has a craving for foodAPPETITEDDown 1: Also includes half-mature fruitTOMATODDown 2: Myth to support deathLEGENDDDown 3: Diamonds with paste in the middle are hard but edible at tea time, sayROCKCAKESDDown 4: New Australian navy giving up gold to reach the land of DraculaTRANSYLVANIADDown 6: I'm returning to love a new girlNAOMIDDown 7: Use traps around the meadowsPASTURESDDown 8: Callous girl gets reduced amountRUTHLESSDDown 11: Harsh regime uses mounted police to give thanks to kingshipDICTATORSHIPDDown 15: I-Informer in simple surrounding tells a storyNARRATIVEDDown 16: Mysterious Eastern drunkard cooked riceESOTERICDDown 17: Attendants throw casserole half skywardsSTEWARDSDDown 19: Expedition to see South Africa playing fairSAFARIDDown 20: Interfere to get a military decoration, we hearMEDDLEDDown 22: React wildly to provide foodCATER