The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 30th September 2002 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 30th September 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Basic requirements met as sensible rate orderedBAREESSENTIALSAAcross 8: Opera girlNORMAAAcross 9: Animal at stake -- run!ANTELOPEAAcross 11: Danced with zest, love to exercise daily initiallyTANGOEDAAcross 12: A vocal majority at party find pearAVOCADOAAcross 13: Go into forbidden territoryENTERAAcross 15: Poser after actor's part, for exampleROLE MODELAAcross 17: Lie and rub without restraintUNRIDABLEAAcross 20: An old Greek style of celebration to Richard, but not hardDORICAAcross 21: Shoulder decoration for man in the middle when peg's returnedEPAULETAAcross 23: Become fit, getting physique to a higher levelSHAPE-UPAAcross 23: Become fit, getting physique to a higher levelSHAPEUPAAcross 25: Number 10 with the number of the GospelsFOURTEENAAcross 26: Wind up with drinks at some pointTEASEAAcross 27: Relic of generations in airy mill -- home of ReformationFAMILYHEIRLOOMDDown 1: Awfully slender, eh? But manipulating the guidelinesBENDTHERULESDDown 2: About to manage a second showingRERUNDDown 3: Smitten with new name -- our journalist!ENAMOUREDDDown 4: Turn up with hesitation after scandal initially resulted in defamationSLANDERDDown 5: Bag a dance! Be a sport!NET BALLDDown 5: Bag a dance! Be a sport!NETBALLDDown 6: I go first to the lavatory in a cold houseIGLOODDown 7: US city scheme the German found for a NorthernerLAPLANDERDDown 10: International sports side spilled talcum powderWORLDCUPTEAMDDown 14: Herb, a product of a Spanish townTARRAGONADDown 16: Lunatic dream that led to his tea partyMADHATTERDDown 18: Artillery attackBATTERYDDown 19: Two points given to sound sense and characterESSENCEDDown 22: Dreaded disease!LURGIDDown 24: The age to find a poetic museERATO