The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 8th December 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 8th December 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Plant obtained from mean, dark criminalMANDRAKEAAcross 5: Medicine man has treated blokeSHAMANAAcross 9: German boy is extremely lonesome in CumbriaCARLISLEAAcross 10: Strange orange beastONAGERAAcross 12: Russia finally getting "people power" and opennessAMENABILITYAAcross 15: The French girl is within the lawLEGALAAcross 17: Pat? He's too clumsy to be a medical practitionerOSTEOPATHAAcross 18: Woman's weight beginning to reduce, she declaresANNOUNCERAAcross 19: Nice, eccentric English relationNIECEAAcross 20: Spatulas made from a phosphorus or plastic mixtureAPPLICATORSAAcross 24: Think about a childREASONAAcross 25: Concern for others is a liberal clicheALTRUISMAAcross 26: Dad has mostly yam and fruitPAPAYAAAcross 27: At first, spring weather's not hot; these will keep us warmSWEATERSDDown 1: Fellow, married since September 29MICHAELMASDDown 2: Make tough operator find weapon of mass destructionNERVE AGENTDDown 3: Girl consuming a yogurt dishRAITADDown 4: Nervous ladies cope OK in complicated circumstancesKALEIDOSCOPEDDown 6: It's sweet to wander aimlessly for a short, happy periodHONEYMOONDDown 7: Leaders of movement against global inequality are wise menMAGIDDown 8: Roman emperor turned up in FlorenceNERODDown 11: Princess Di and Fergie once excited stirs in WalesSISTERSINLAWDDown 13: Laid-back person with self-confidence to get higher gradeCATEGORISEDDown 14: See mothers playing gamesTHREESOMESDDown 16: A Conservative supporting archbishop by expressing praiseLAUDATORYDDown 21: Courts initially adjourned two thirds of trialsATRIADDown 22: Reduce yieldCROPDDown 23: Noise made by king cobraRASP