The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 5th January 2004 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 5th January 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Give the fellow a noteDONATEAAcross 4: Major, for example, lost right to position of powerOFFICEAAcross 9: Slight incoherence in speechSLURAAcross 10: Wine is difficult in rocky canyonCHARDONNAYAAcross 11: Hold up means I'm deep in troubleIMPEDEAAcross 12: Happy Conservative getting Howard's first tirade, by the sound of it!CHEERFULAAcross 13: Dream of rippling seas with faint movementFANTASISEAAcross 15: Single attempt at working with the churchONCEAAcross 16: First soldier has to move the window frameSASHAAcross 17: A Liberal turnaround, later changed, affecting the two partiesBILATERALAAcross 21: Bush arrived with everyone back in Iraq initiallyCAMELLIAAAcross 22: Having a devilish splitCLOVENAAcross 24: Rendell's US novel provides a loss leaderUNDERSELLSAAcross 25: Dash out of Laurel and Hardy filmELANAAcross 26: Stay outside or goRESORTAAcross 27: Land for housing?ESTATEDDown 1: Lift cover on novel predicamentDILEMMADDown 2: Just coming back across the river requires courageNERVEDDown 3: Rights of entry into woodlands not hard?TICKETSDDown 5: Gifted characters act nervouslyFIDGETDDown 6: Lack of knowledge about canoeing around the riverIGNORANCEDDown 7: Asylum seekerEVACUEEDDown 8: Bitterly Arctic manoeuvres involving SAS colleagueSARCASTICALLYDDown 14: To try a smaller portion is vulgarTASTELESSDDown 16: Tool needed for making a bridge?SPANNERDDown 18: Current charges for what a solicitor does?ACCOSTSDDown 19: Mean to admit how old one isAVERAGEDDown 20: More oppressive? Not so farCLOSERDDown 23: Greek character returns a stone ringOMEGA