The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 26th August 2002 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 26th August 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Northern joke in lavatory, told in the distant pastLONG-AGOAAcross 5: Cul-de-sac that is limiting motorway flowIMPASSEAAcross 9: King David's wife hath babes butcheredBATHSHEBAAAcross 10: Went mad, having left to go round the avenueRAVEDAAcross 11: Horse-drawn cart turns round in this areaYARDAAcross 12: Activist waving a magic pen in front of the QueenCAMPAIGNERAAcross 14: Duplicated CD includes singleCLONEDAAcross 15: Compete with flightless bird, getting behindEMULATEAAcross 16: Unfeeling kiss, holding it backBRUTISHAAcross 18: I'm taking ages to produce likenessesIMAGESAAcross 20: Code breaking and helping to get a medalDECORATIONAAcross 21: Start steak pudding and potatoSPUDAAcross 24: Some desire newly-weds and Soames desired her!IRENEAAcross 25: Habit caught in annexeADDICTIONAAcross 26: Fleming's doctor stuffs birds from an Italian portGENOESEAAcross 27: New beginning after setback for family within the hourREBIRTHDDown 1: Bobby gets new leader for this influential groupLOBBYDDown 2: Open commonNATURALDDown 3: On top of that, one joins an orchestraALSODDown 4: Easily proved lawsuit, done at the start of the holiday periodOPENANDSHUTCASEDDown 5: Straight, fashionable request for dessertINAPPLEPIEORDERDDown 6: Fussy individualPARTICULARDDown 7: Nearly rescue female newsreader found in open grasslandSAVANNADDown 8: Ghastly red nose and backENDORSEDDown 13: Protects cooling system against discharges, we hearANTIFREEZEDDown 16: Churchman in essence needing sheets and blanketsBEDDINGDDown 17: Pawnbroker, one spiritually impureUNCLEANDDown 19: More useless European Member of Parliament has rowEMPTIERDDown 22: Dame Judi rests in a wooden chairDENCHDDown 23: Blackleg arrives in second taxiSCAB