The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 9th February 2004 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 9th February 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: The fashion in Bristol?SHIPSHAPEAAcross 6: Stuff idiot had firstCLOTHAAcross 9: Which PCs and surgeons have in commonOPERATING SYSTEMAAcross 10: Poet's a gangster'HOODAAcross 10: Poet's a gangsterHOODAAcross 11: Banner showing the Queen beside a brookSTREAMERAAcross 14: Gradually wear away tunnelUNDERMINEAAcross 15: Study some outsiders crowded togetherDENSEAAcross 16: Remains of girdlesSTAYSAAcross 18: Agents of change in a classy teetotal organisationCATALYSTSAAcross 20: First woman in chair turned out to be one that was successfulACHIEVERAAcross 21: Part of another bold design for a plantHERBAAcross 25: Fiction about a character, one previously giving human qualities to thingsPERSONIFICATIONAAcross 26: Rushes to the gameDARTSAAcross 27: No plainer version of the very bestNONPAREILDDown 1: Animal sluggishnessSLOTHDDown 2: Little Edward, stricken with colic, was freezingICE-COLDDDown 3: Appear, reportedly, at the junctionSEAMDDown 4: Note: free but parchedARIDDDown 5: The last one, of courseEIGHTEENTHDDown 6: Large beast found in valley of a Scottish river?CLYDESDALEDDown 7: German fellow with padded seatOTTOMANDDown 8: Mood fewer find unfunny in AmericaHUMORLESSDDown 12: Well off when the magician is with usPROSPEROUSDDown 13: New directions indicating the better part of valourDISCRETIONDDown 14: Not impressed by beat in nude danceUNSTAMPEDDDown 17: Notice her with royalty, a fanADHERERDDown 19: Article dropped from earliest revision though perfectly cleanSTERILEDDown 22: Some lab analyses showed nothing extraordinaryBANALDDown 23: Sing out and gestureSIGNDDown 24: A chat up, or a long storySAGA