The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 6th May 2002 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 6th May 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Quick exercise taken after concertPROMPTAAcross 4: Burnt sugar for a king carried by a desert animalCARAMELAAcross 9: The habit which bad dictionaries revealADDICTIONAAcross 10: Man, about 49, in Italian cityMILANAAcross 11: Hi-fi half destroyed by Ruby could be rentedHIREDAAcross 12: Antelope in rice, cooked for man of Reykjavik?ICELANDERAAcross 13: Garden I churned up calls for scrutinyREADINGAAcross 15: Astaire-Rogers film that is about workTOP HATAAcross 17: How to hide a small, headless parrot, which is meaninglessHOLLOWAAcross 19: Supporter needs ticket for a showy displayFANFAREAAcross 22: Indispensable Tory workerRIGHT-HANDAAcross 24: Overhaul? The umpire needs it!REFITAAcross 26: Dignity shown by some lionsPRIDEAAcross 27: Crete's art redrawn, running along familiar lines!STREETCARAAcross 28: Object tied to piano here and nowPRESENTAAcross 29: Confused, having tacked on about fiftyADDLEDDDown 1: He steals an egg containerPOACHERDDown 2: Not so new lamp holder with top half missingOLDERDDown 3: Military punishment: supply crowd with a bitPACKDRILLDDown 4: Prisoner certified to be in harmonyCONCERTDDown 5: See eccentric halfback move around like a CubanRUMBADDown 6: Moral made obscure in sensational playMELODRAMADDown 7: It's right to occupy the bars in large passenger shipsLINERSDDown 8: Harsh crooner must absorb itBITINGDDown 14: Close up against a mournful faceALONGSIDEDDown 16: Foreign correspondent from Pinner fed messilyPEN-FRIENDDDown 18: So-and-so's headgear's written about by jokerWHATSITDDown 19: Female: one rode up in a hatFEDORADDown 20: Penetrated gnarled tree in the closeENTEREDDDown 21: Make a mistake: excursion costs more!TRIP-UPDDown 23: The matter is about them sitting on the earthTHEMEDDown 25: If a young horse swallows carbon, it is most importantFOCAL