The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 26th May 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 26th May 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: The average fellow will show forgivenessPARDONAAcross 4: Lady to travel round island slowlyADAGIOAAcross 9: Music that brings us to our feetGODSAVETHEQUEENAAcross 10: Improved ale with tuberculin tested injectionBETTERAAcross 11: Maintained unnatural tidinessINSISTEDAAcross 12: Rush to get plugged into Stock Exchange frameworkSTAMPEDEAAcross 14: Shortage put right in the endDEARTHAAcross 15: Pa can't manage on so little sleepCATNAPAAcross 18: Cut paperwork at union meetingsCONFETTIAAcross 21: Lose control of rising debts in slumpDISSOLVEAAcross 22: Be sparing with shampoo initially, then set hairSCRIMPAAcross 24: Road junction can be offering a two-way optionINTERCHANGEABLEAAcross 25: Run in, breathing one's last and losing waterDRYINGAAcross 26: Henry Percy broke the codeCYPHERDDown 1: Throw stick outPROJECTDDown 2: Concerned with its poor attempt to get through again?RESITDDown 3: Heads for old poem about bishopOBVERSEDDown 5: Got into gearDRESSEDDDown 6: Prospective investment of food and moneyGRUBSTAKEDDown 7: Each in public setting seen to swallow too muchOVEREATDDown 8: Down tools to make an impressionSTRIKEDDown 13: On being in control of a religious establishmentMONASTERYDDown 16: Got into a row for dodgy dealingALIGNEDDDown 17: A politically correct line, perhaps, might get the bird?PELICANDDown 18: Areas devastated in wake of Conservative rulerCAESARDDown 19: No society, for example, found expressing approval of the whole bunchNOSEGAYDDown 20: Politician left amid a show of grief to become a barristerTEMPLARDDown 23: Arrive at a stretch of the riverREACH