The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 20th October 2003 There are 15 across clues and 19 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 20th October 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Quiet sale ordered, leading to fall from graceLAPSEAAcross 10: Manager gets four involved in dispatchEXECUTIVEAAcross 11: Golf club has peripheral rule for underwearBRASSIEREAAcross 12: Daughter interrupts the meal to give an awardMEDALAAcross 13: Typical state at the timeAVERAGEAAcross 15: Notice a frock, in a manner of speakingADDRESSAAcross 17: Optimistic that a mist will clear from the eyeOPTICAAcross 18: Second person is unknown to the Open UniversityYOUAAcross 20: Epistle re-written without postscript -- it's for the bestELITEAAcross 22: Basic component in old school having expelled wayward RayELEMENTAAcross 25: Allow convict to give upCONCEDEAAcross 26: Ancient tribe found in edifice Nigel excavatedICENIAAcross 27: A mongrel is irritable when given bread, they sayCROSSBREDAAcross 30: Crush five puerile characters with the lastPULVERIZEAAcross 31: Mark, for example, a pairTWAINDDown 1: Union strikeCLUBDDown 2: Ant eats crumpled paper manifestAPPARENTDDown 3: All points bulletinNEWSDDown 4: Dead centre?CEMETERYDDown 5: Information on girl in Swiss cityGENEVADDown 6: He grouses about rum gun codeCURMUDGEONDDown 7: Snapping? Watch it, if it's below par!BIRDIEDDown 8: Shifty fellow on footHEELDDown 13: A bunch of video editors initially realising it's overABOVEDDown 14: Account believed and given recognitionACCREDITEDDDown 16: Influenced, say, by leatherSUEDEDDown 19: Like raw food -- not an anagram!UNCOOKEDDDown 21: Freeze top of the milk for dessertICE CREAMDDown 21: Freeze top of the milk for dessertICECREAMDDown 23: Flat lay empty regularlyEVENLYDDown 24: Ploy to show diplomacy's in chargeTACTICDDown 26: Some limping Bantu warriorsIMPIDDown 28: Provide a surfeit of teas, possiblySATEDDown 29: Over 500 to 1DONE