The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 31st December 2001 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 31st December 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Novice wanted to pray insideBEGINNERAAcross 9: Intend, that is, to find a miserMEANIEAAcross 10: Sea bird driving back other sea birdsAUKSAAcross 11: Real idiots re-writing newspaper articlesEDITORIALSAAcross 12: Stake placed outside sick quartersBILLETAAcross 14: Hobby to arouse curiosityINTERESTAAcross 15: Sex information the German is afterGENDERAAcross 17: Writer Elizabeth leaves man to squirmWRITHEAAcross 20: Capital on notice deposited in central GreeceADELAIDEAAcross 22: Study inside of craft, being intensely enthusiasticARDENTAAcross 23: Sore head? You need sympathy!TENDERNESSAAcross 24: A snack is a bit of a habit, easily brokenBITEAAcross 25: Bad temper shown when interviewed about page 50SPLEENAAcross 26: Nixon to mix carbon, which is not poisonousNONTOXICDDown 1: To be entertaining when topless is bewildering!BEMUSINGDDown 2: Fail to see motorway two seconds afterMISSDDown 2: Fail to see motorway two seconds afterMISS.DDown 3: Design it to go round pole in front of hospital departmentINTENTDDown 4: One politician to ring rest about cheatIMPOSTERDDown 5: Accountant lied about brat having graduatedCALIBRATEDDDown 6: Starts running, if man finds firearms!RIFLESDDown 8: Endlessly collecting dried fruitRAISINDDown 13: Entertaining women alight to go to the toiletLANDLADIESDDown 16: Record-making company allowance to one settling abroadEMIGRANTDDown 18: Famous mathematician has seen it moving at homeEINSTEINDDown 19: River always seen between two pointsSEVERNDDown 21: I'd peep round for some port!DIEPPEDDown 22: Express agreement since forwardedASSENTDDown 24: Bowled short, a disappointmentBLOW