The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 1st October 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 1st October 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Partially returned from a position on the fieldHALFBACKAAcross 9: A teacher is like a god!ADONISAAcross 10: Flower poem read firstODERAAcross 11: Entertaining lottery drawn in a funny wayHUMOROUSLYAAcross 12: Mariner on the way to foreign partsABROADAAcross 14: Inspector used to be a junior, reportedlyEXAMINERAAcross 15: Claimed to be about the treatment of patientsMEDICALAAcross 17: Imitate Old Nick? It's causing difficultyBEDEVILAAcross 20: Happy when flu outbreak followed salute?CHEERFULAAcross 22: Foreign currency provided for English tapes to be translatedPESETAAAcross 23: Justly thought to have a preference for blondes?FAIR-MINDEDAAcross 24: Chanticleer, maybe, cried for sailorsCREWAAcross 25: Man, a Spaniard, on empty pitchJOSEPHAAcross 26: Shocking vote for Richard, hard to take!ELECTRICDDown 1: Praiseworthy lord said to be cleverLAUDABLEDDown 2: If removed from the affair, can become distantAFARDDown 3: Cleaned up the residue inside a dayWASHEDDDown 4: Flew across to get a kind of milkSKIMMEDDDown 5: Wise man interrupted by a bishop, one in the unionMARRIAGEDDown 6: I left out subsidies on free tradeDOBUSINESSDDown 7: Quarter of a pint that is for Scottish guideGILLIEDDown 13: Girl, inexperienced, is put in the shadeOLIVE-GREENDDown 16: Intimidate a very noisy group of politiciansAFFRIGHTDDown 18: Dire pint disconcerted the braveINTREPIDDDown 19: Bolted before winged half could flyFLEDGEDDDown 21: Marie Antoinette, as she used to be, in confrontationHEAD-ONDDown 22: Trod on paws that were protectedPADDEDDDown 24: Implicit yardstick holding definition of a conurbationCITY