The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 27th October 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 27th October 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Basically at home with natureIN ESSENCEAAcross 10: Senior guide cut off stringRANGEAAcross 11: An ascetic misguidedly drives hardDERVISHAAcross 12: Individual always embraced by SarahSEVERALAAcross 13: Boundary is not settled when on itEDGEAAcross 14: Principal puts bullets into FBI agentLEADING MANAAcross 16: Parents keeping her in butter and cheese?FATHERSAAcross 17: Unpaid, having left duet unfinishedOVERDUEAAcross 19: I hold bread to be cut up, as some eggs areHARD-BOILEDAAcross 22: Information: carbon breaks up fatFACTAAcross 24: Compensation concerning a frockREDRESSAAcross 25: Comfort lion-heart for so longCHEERIOAAcross 26: Sky supporter at last cut downATLASAAcross 27: Blair made reshuffle, which is fineADMIRABLEDDown 1: Where not to walk, avoiding the extremesMIDDLE-OF-THE-ROADDDown 2: Fix some tennis games first? Correct!SETRIGHTDDown 3: Injured rat is on the moveASTIRDDown 4: Sick SRN hides, being shatteredINSHREDSDDown 5: Find us lying in the grass, having cycled againREUSEDDDown 6: Food tested backwards, like beetrootPROVENDERDDown 7: A National Trust verge found in Northern IrelandANTRIMDDown 8: Dine on wet lentil puree - good but often not satisfyingWELL-INTENTIONEDDDown 15: Robin's embarrassed to reach BristolREDBREASTDDown 17: Defeat finished the company as well as meOVERCOMEDDown 18: Abuse a bride with it wronglyDIATRIBEDDown 20: Strain to suggest a brain-teaserRIDDLEDDown 21: Place mentioned in Twain's talesINSTALDDown 23: Much married king: he meets queen in New YorkHENRY