The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 18th November 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 18th November 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Slightly suspicious, like kedgeree?ABITFISHYAAcross 6: A long story concerning some sleep I could haveEPICAAcross 10: Unacceptable label attached to ducksTABOOAAcross 11: Change the look of modified VAT? I agree!VARIEGATEAAcross 12: She has obsession for garden pest controller in AmericaLADYBUGAAcross 13: Girl to lead far offALFREDAAAcross 14: Daughters boarding light vessel, a kind of river boatPADDLE STEAMERAAcross 17: Make Mum cycle, as I do in this showMUSICAL COMEDYAAcross 21: Piece of music for feline wrapped in misshapen coatTOCCATAAAcross 22: Cockney host with wealthy birdOSTRICHAAcross 24: Fancy backpack with zero chargeELABORATEAAcross 25: Yarn set in New York and part of LondonNYLONAAcross 26: Unfinished pasta to be finishedPASTAAcross 27: Return to the case, seen curiously to be about an ex-PMENSHEATHEDDown 1: A lone pet could be a deerANTELOPEDDown 2: Like lovers or flowers?INBEDDDown 3: When Magpies and Owls have a game flavour?FOOTBALL SEASONDDown 4: Avenue with wise men on both sides - and brutes!SAVAGESDDown 5: Measurement when cart turns up on timeYARDAGEDDown 7: Natural growth makes earth, for example, nearly reelPLANE TREEDDown 8: Emperor's salad?CAESARDDown 9: Pompousness in showing film with wine in spiritual meetingSELF-IMPORTANCEDDown 15: US politicians get rising star to arrive with diamondsDEMOCRATSDDown 16: Drop in unannounced? Quite the reverse, as it happens!BY CHANCEDDown 18: Farce starring Cary Grant and Audrey HepburnCHARADEDDown 19: "Love Among the Wrinkles" attracts a second brave womanLIONESSDDown 20: Meryl says: "Peter''s out of order"STREEPDDown 23: The opening of a chain letterINLET