The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 2nd December 2002 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 2nd December 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Can see possibilities in a spirited meetingSEANCEAAcross 4: The children are in favour of, for example, returning to New YorkPROGENYAAcross 9: She only partly succeedsCOHEIRESSAAcross 10: Standard coin onceEAGLEAAcross 11: Bishop leaves garden bed in a neat stateORDERAAcross 12: Put off by a story Dante editedALIENATEDAAcross 13: Further episode of ill-feelingRELAPSEAAcross 15: Monstrous woman turning the drink back onGORGONAAcross 17: Means of steering Democrat into being less politeRUDDERAAcross 19: Expert made off into the world of scholarshipACADEMEAAcross 22: Snowdrop found in the mountainsAVALANCHEAAcross 24: Leave nothing inside the ringQUOITAAcross 26: Forced daughter to overworkDROVEAAcross 27: Builds bodiesPHYSIQUESAAcross 28: Old Greek sailor, deviously sly, takes drugs outsideULYSSESAAcross 29: Holiday hideawayRECESSDDown 1: Assist talk of a gullible personSUCCOURDDown 2: A doctorate about one small bugAPHIDDDown 3: Chattered merrily while cooking richer pudCHIRRUPEDDDown 4: Sending letters of appointmentPOSTINGDDown 5: Oil compound used by the whole industryOLEINDDown 6: Dance for any number? On the contrary!EIGHTSOMEDDown 7: Proceeds after you initially slide offYIELDSDDown 8: Make bubbly to a European scaleAERATEDDown 14: Praising old archbishop, a ConservativeLAUDATORYDDown 16: Get back papers on race disturbancesREACQUIREDDown 18: Instructions for making about a hundred mince piesRECIPESDDown 19: A naval agreementAYE-AYEDDown 20: Slight bulge in column of building as insetENTASISDDown 21: Conveyance of property to the FrenchLANDAUDDown 23: Helps when accepting wagerABETSDDown 25: It's said you love scrambled eggOVULE