The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 7th October 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 7th October 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Exhausted, Jeff loses his head on wrong teeEFFETEAAcross 5: Make old seem new by making her revert to powderREHASHAAcross 8: Look at her suit, rumpled and bristlyHIRSUTEAAcross 9: A politician ensnared by good-looker is a bit wetDAMPISHAAcross 11: Find trouble in the bathroomGETINTOHOTWATERAAcross 12: Catch sight of a pimpleSPOTAAcross 13: Were gin twice shaken and stirred, you'd find alcohol in itGINGERWINEAAcross 17: Physically fit, but falling behind in timeINTRAININGAAcross 18: Soya bean curd is absorbed by the worst of usTOFUAAcross 20: It's tricky lathering the toe when naked (2,3,10)IN THE ALTOGETHERAAcross 23: The lady has been in an illicit liquor-shopSHEBEENAAcross 24: Incarcerates available sea birdsINTERNSAAcross 25: Filched a woman's shoulder garment at noonSTOLENAAcross 26: More embarrassed, whichever way you look at itREDDERDDown 2: New Year early bird: that's the top and bottom of itFIRSTFOOTDDown 3: Like horses featuring in the quinellaEQUINEDDown 4: Jeepers creepers! It's for bathing peepers!EYE-LOTIONDDown 5: Where cowboys show their skill, having sat on a duckRODEODDown 6: Preparatory study showing how to hold me -- or the kingHOMEWORKDDown 7: To be economical, finding money in the streetSTINTDDown 8: Boisterousness means getting drunk on rum and vodka, sayHIGH SPIRITSDDown 10: Ceremonial soldiers had grousers all upsetHORSEGUARDSDDown 14: Boatman makes do with one girlGONDOLIERDDown 15: Queen gets into smooth stockings in old railway engineIRON HORSEDDown 16: "Goodbye" from a taxi passenger in fine fettleFAREWELLDDown 19: Teetotaller in need is clearedNETTEDDDown 21: Foot the bill for nurseTREATDDown 22: A number left hanging up by a Russian revolutionaryLENIN