The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 19th August 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 19th August 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: What to wear while solving a Quiptic?THINKING CAPAAcross 9: Ask a nice character I left suspiciouslyASKANCEAAcross 10: King George later became a hard workerGRAFTERAAcross 11: Allude to conclusion on key plebiscitesREFERENDAAAcross 12: That Bond fellow, one taken in by a birdERNIEAAcross 13: Musical symbol almost split in twoCLEFAAcross 14: Empty room for artist first found in apartmentSTUDIOFLATAAcross 16: One sly device destroyed firmlyDECISIVELYAAcross 19: Manage to get a clerical robeCOPEAAcross 21: Cut row on top firstFILETAAcross 22: We people and the wee people belonging to us originallyOURSELVESAAcross 24: Cats that could be twins?SIAMESEAAcross 25: Way to re-start game when queue has goneLINEOUTAAcross 26: Shocks the elite, if rise is orderedELECTRIFIESDDown 1: Study a language and go, but do so without permissionTAKEFRENCHLEAVEDDown 2: Secret miscreant goes toplessINNERDDown 3: Ten look back at riverside prisonKEEPNETDDown 4: Miser ruined gag in a wayNIGGARDDDown 5: Man the Queen gets on with to supervise the youngCHAPERONDDown 6: It's absolutely clear what a boy novelist put outPATENTLYOBVIOUSDDown 7: Material constructionFABRICDDown 8: Eager artist goes back for dipARDENTDDown 15: Weariest, perhaps, in a wayAS IT WEREDDown 16: Avoid explosive situation, if finally joining us in the riverDEFUSEDDown 17: Wild flower name includedVIOLENTDDown 18: Siren calls to Rhineland sailorsLORELEIDDown 20: Stare curiously at last substituteERSATZDDown 23: Discontent at lack of action in fifteen nuisance callsENNUI