The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 21st October 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 21st October 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cowboy's an argumentative typeWRANGLERAAcross 5: He's happy, being first to surpass Roger Bannister?SMILERAAcross 9: Most skimpy underwear involves eroticism first timeSMALLESTAAcross 10: Finally gets fat and squatSTUBBYAAcross 11: Work here later? It's unrealETHEREALAAcross 12: Fancy wraps left in loungeSPRAWLAAcross 14: Dinosaurs' droppings found in ruins of SidonIGUANODONSAAcross 18: Sam tried it out for itchy skinDERMATITISAAcross 22: Philip and Peg produce an applePIPPINAAcross 23: Liberal Ava is close to Conservative JohnLAVATORYAAcross 24: Anne is crazy lunaticINSANEAAcross 25: Rock Hudson, for example, takes pictures of sailorFILM STARAAcross 26: Took care of sister, perhaps, and daughterNURSEDAAcross 27: Dad rants about gradeSTANDARDDDown 1: Dreadful wides get note in cricket bookWISDENDDown 2: An Indian quickly going round hotelAPACHEDDown 3: Georgia lake has mineral in abundanceGALOREDDown 4: A giant seal on the loose in English regionEAST ANGLIADDown 6: Homer apt to produce a figure of speechMETAPHORDDown 7: Labour radical starts to organise in CanadaLABRADORDDown 8: Solitary eccentric is supporter of the monarchyROYALISTDDown 13: Tycoon from Berlin, perhaps, is GermanCAPITALISTDDown 15: Selecting commercial alternativeADOPTIONDDown 16: He suggests setting Prospero adriftPROPOSERDDown 17: A game girlPATIENCEDDown 19: Robin's friend and servantBATMANDDown 20: Croat revolutionary shelters nationalist guerillaCONTRADDown 21: Cross some lengthy bridgesHYBRID