The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 29th July 2002 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 29th July 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: County bride's mega-rich popCAMBRIDGESHIREAAcross 8: King dismissed rogue servantVALETAAcross 9: Address a gentleman about horse trainingDRESSAGEAAcross 11: Liberal is a little pliantLISSOMEAAcross 12: Mad Hatter first entertains the Royal Court, perhapsTHEATREAAcross 13: Lear's unhappy noblemenEARLSAAcross 15: Standard police batonYARDSTICKAAcross 17: Mammal, perhaps, lacking one of these bones?VERTEBRAEAAcross 20: Gas makes one groan in distressARGONAAcross 21: Irritated Spike and PennyNEEDLEDAAcross 23: Imaginary monster insect with a frightening cryBUGABOOAAcross 25: Reviewer's heartless, antisocial and uncomplimentaryCRITICALAAcross 26: I upset Dali. (It's a long story!)ILIADAAcross 27: He steals fish, the cheeky ladWHIPPERSNAPPERDDown 1: Is polite man a tax inspector?CIVIL SERVANTDDown 2: Animals' cries heardMULESDDown 3: Terse, sour nonconformist turned upRETROUSSEDDown 4: Rod and Eddy are confused and unsteadyDODDERYDDown 5: English reader discovering old German titleELECTORDDown 6: Hurry in with a stethoscopeHASTEDDown 7: Conservative has a good sideRIGHT-WINGDDown 10: Starts to protest energetically about monarch, class and social hierarchyPECKING ORDERDDown 14: Oxide not often found on this planet?RARE EARTHDDown 16: Hans and a girl set out to find paradiseSHANGRI-LADDown 18: Said to be fundamental part of seedRADICLEDDown 19: Ms Mabel Wild prepares for funeralEMBALMSDDown 22: Break from playing lute and pianoLET UPDDown 22: Break from playing lute and pianoLETUPDDown 24: Colonel and bishop walk unsteadilyBLIMP