The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 16th December 2002 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 16th December 2002. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Browsing using Microsoft product, wishing to take in a little moneyWINDOWSHOPPINGAAcross 8: Fifty-one doctors are membersLIMBSAAcross 9: Blame for breaking compassREPROACHAAcross 11: No radar? Unusual in the PyreneesANDORRAAAcross 12: Set about attaching ends of tassels on hatSTETSONAAcross 13: Bird of prey decapitated hunting dogEAGLEAAcross 15: Update way siren worksMODERNISEAAcross 17: Entrance her somehow in backstreet embraceTHRESHOLDAAcross 20: Weep over heartless poet in tombCRYPTAAcross 21: Dense little alien goes into dense little woodTHICKETAAcross 23: Extraordinary how asparagus starter has a degree of piquancyAMAZINGAAcross 25: Normal witch's petFAMILIARAAcross 26: Join key platformGRAFTAAcross 27: The Spanish, caught in double bind, cunningly pasted the new townHEMELHEMPSTEADDDown 1: Flew back to Arkansas property, where government is responsible for social securityWELFARE STATEDDown 2: Wanderer taking French name nowNOMADDDown 3: Spectators finding Serb wandering between deliveriesOBSERVERSDDown 4: Mockery made of Sam's carSARCASMDDown 5: Sat quietly inside after love's resistedOPPOSEDDDown 6: Inquiry into Public Relations awardPROBEDDown 7: Want to find oriental ship docked in north-eastern townNECESSITYDDown 10: Order I gave dentist is looked intoINVESTIGATEDDDown 14: Develop germ in a test environmentGERMINATEDDown 16: Tops up battery, but makes one pay againRECHARGESDDown 18: Torch is used to find birdOSTRICHDDown 19: Picture used to explain how I had raised a weightDIAGRAMDDown 22: Tortured kin with iron weaponKNIFEDDown 24: Artie's becoming extremely angryIRATE