The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 17th November 2003 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 17th November 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Underwriter's gesture to a ConservativeSIGNATORYAAcross 10: Waterworks close due to rent anomaly, ultimatelyTEARYAAcross 11: Carnival city can get German revellingRIOTINGAAcross 12: Look at Archer's comeback - not a pretty sightEYESOREAAcross 13: Daft teachers go to the limits of technologyNUTTYAAcross 14: It's designed for ablutions by western tree bearWASHSTANDAAcross 16: Portillo, perhaps, shows uncontrolled dismay as bloomer's revealedMICHAELMAS DAISYAAcross 19: Acid-like shower covers RioCORROSIVEAAcross 21: Climber needs a fix to make the returnLIANAAAcross 22: Mixed beans go into food containerNOSEBAGAAcross 23: Father figure has a load to carryFREIGHTAAcross 24: Investigator's uncertainty after taking love drugOPIUMAAcross 25: Ex-graduate painterOLD MASTERDDown 1: Concerning the study of good food (no topping) - it's great!ASTRONOMICDDown 2: Doubter acting so oddAGNOSTICDDown 3: Conceit at the book fair?VANITYDDown 4: Trophy for working horse, worn outGONGDDown 5: Many by Spey caber-tossing - in virtual realityCYBERSPACEDDown 6: Made much of the upside-down puddingsSTRESSEDDDown 7: Lhasa mosaic hiding Asian titbitSAMOSADDown 8: Ditch large corporation bossDYKEDDown 14: Sussex town made famous by Longfellow?WILMINGTONDDown 15: Power pack for empty gunsDRY BATTERYDDown 17: Weapon of mass destruction found in a grave by angry mobATOM-BOMBDDown 18: Terrorists and North way in to to arms scandalIRANGATEDDown 20: Curtis Strange's sort of course, they sayRUSTICDDown 21: General method is slackLEEWAYDDown 22: Refusal to sanction a recessNOOKDDown 23: Initially foreign editors expose government peopleFEDS