The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 18th March 2002 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 18th March 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Store model gains distinctionCACHETAAcross 5: Lose control on finding irregularity in flowerFREAK OUTAAcross 5: Lose control on finding irregularity in flowerFREAKOUTAAcross 9: Cakes for little girlsBROWNIESAAcross 10: The pick of the finestCHOICEAAcross 11: Another sinner initially leads vigil: a hopeful signSILVER LININGAAcross 13: French bread left by Guevara, showing spiritBRIOAAcross 14: Drink's round Dorothy's dog and all overTOPTOTOEAAcross 17: Mother I long to return to, taking a bloomMAGNOLIAAAcross 18: Steady the day before the start of negotiationsEVENAAcross 20: Having consequences concerning the echoing of drums?REPERCUSSIVEAAcross 23: I quit the battle with a replacement to bombard from the airSTRAFEAAcross 24: Without being asked, Ben undid knotUNBIDDENAAcross 25: Radical descent first into the shadeBLOOD-REDAAcross 25: Radical descent first into the shadeBLOODREDAAcross 26: Stay for the last flowerENDUREDDown 2: Oberon, for example, not loud but cheerfulAIRYDDown 3: Bellows below and drowns out the speakerHOWLSDOWNDDown 4: Toy with dessertTRIFLEDDown 5: No fun: has started spinning at very high speedFASTERTHANSOUNDDDown 6: Thin slice of meat with stewed cole and peasESCALOPEDDown 7: Understood to be present in empty kitchenKNOWNDDown 8: Full version of United Nations ban provided by journalistUNCENSOREDDDown 12: Attractive Nora upset over intellectualORNAMENTALDDown 15: Frank has concluded that it has no limitsOPEN-ENDEDDDown 16: Everyone's convinced that it's now safeALL CLEARDDown 19: Wood, twisted at the end, is of sound qualityTIMBREDDown 21: Time to find a goddess of poetryERATODDown 22: Part of pro-life article causes alarmFEAR