The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 27th August 2001 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 27th August 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: About to fit into shoe, which is an outrageSCANDALAAcross 5: Margie holds a penny back: that's wittyEPIGRAMAAcross 10: British Broadcasting Corporation looking both waysBEEBAAcross 11: Elite aroma stirred up to become betterAMELIORATEAAcross 12: Very large nurse in north-west BelgiumOSTENDAAcross 13: Syndicate support to return a phone callRINGBACKAAcross 14: Clergyman's residence keeps crime concealed by messengerPARSONAGEAAcross 16: Armada to beat a retreat on timeFLEETAAcross 17: Cherish the playful oreadADOREAAcross 19: Cold train crash, so it is believedDOCTRINALAAcross 23: Opening ball used to enterDOORKNOBAAcross 24: The funfair hasn't started, which is not justUNFAIRAAcross 26: Fish to swallow most quietly, which is rubbishCODSWALLOPAAcross 27: Mother returns OK, but in a frenzyAMOKAAcross 28: Pupil becoming half-deaf in stuntSTUDENTAAcross 29: Big name, Edward, kicked offSTARTEDDDown 2: Footballers otherwise featured in endless chatCHELSEADDown 3: Blue-blooded braveNOBLEDDown 4: Recklessness gets a group functioningABANDONDDown 6: Supple one cutting plantPLIANTDDown 7: The blouse that took the biscuit!GARIBALDIDDown 8: Embassy official has a dry acheATTACHEDDown 9: Annoyance caused by brutal dog, real yet falseREDRAGTOABULLDDown 15: Shocked to see spur used wildly on frenzied ridesSURPRISEDDDown 18: What makes Dr Round pout and leave?DROP OUTDDown 18: What makes Dr Round pout and leave?DROPOUTDDown 20: MP kept in right time to the instrumentTRUMPETDDown 21: Fat Ida turns up to actADIPOSEDDown 22: One enters in vehicle without successIN VAINDDown 25: Little Alfred put up with taxman's skillFLAIR