The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 24th September 2001 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 24th September 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A brave tribe, but strangely unattractiveREBARBATIVEAAcross 9: Lithe, loose Miss LoeLISSOMEAAcross 10: Releases translation of Celan in AmericaUNLACESAAcross 11: Boffin, very stupidBRAIN DEADAAcross 11: Boffin, very stupidBRAINDEADAAcross 12: In a tantrum, ambassador is a venomous creatureMAMBAAAcross 13: Half of a family dies horriblySIDEAAcross 14: Dicky, Gillian and Ruth almost fluent in three languagesTRILINGUALAAcross 16: Tabloid, understanding how Left is rightMIRRORWISEAAcross 19: Strong business partnershipFIRMAAcross 21: Queer old queen causing gossip in AmericaRUMORAAcross 22: Hinder keeper and defenders at the backREARGUARDAAcross 24: Robert, perhaps, taking a light meal and a drinkHERB TEAAAcross 25: Vacuous rich dislike the plating on some jewelleryRHODIUMAAcross 26: Lady sailor, Cathy, swam on, having been wreckedYACHTSWOMANDDown 1: Dr Rory, a Scotsman, doctored in a Scottish county onceROSSANDCROMARTYDDown 2: British have Scottish ChancellorBROWNDDown 3: Animal came 'ither by boat, we hearROE DEERDDown 4: After a trip, three heads of delegation came to a Sussex townARUNDELDDown 5: Shed light on unhealthy upper-class reserveILLUMINEDDown 6: Former spouse gets letter regarding expulsion from the ChurchEXCOMMUNICATIONDDown 7: In Bali? Bishop claims to have been elsewhere!ALIBISDDown 8: A lass I knocked out in attackASSAILDDown 15: Philosopher's follower is endlessly coarse, eccentric, with a twitchSOCRATICDDown 16: Swampy planet has some hydrogenMARSHYDDown 17: Justify tirade supporting hostilitiesWARRANTDDown 18: Pig swallowing small fish and a birdSPARROWDDown 20: Mother, father, me and a French ladyMADAMEDDown 23: Depression finally seeming to be ominously closeGLOOM