The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 5th April 2004 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 5th April 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rock journalist embraces me, right in front of almost everyone!EMERALDAAcross 5: It's tough to get right in closeSTRINGYAAcross 10: First-rate chaps? I'll say!AMENAAcross 11: Go round to posh foreign storeCORNERSHOPAAcross 12: Unique occurrence as two switch positions with one point between themONE-OFFAAcross 13: Paid for advertisement to get vehicle before month is upADVANCEDAAcross 14: Make contract rigorous on criminal activityCONSTRICTAAcross 16: A lover's excellent grasp of poetryVERSEAAcross 17: Weary chap turned up with another manBOREDAAcross 19: Over-the-top exclamation?BATTLE CRYAAcross 23: Cap magical display with a string of successesHAT TRICKAAcross 24: Elegant city to the EastURBANEAAcross 26: Detected what woman's concealedDISCOVEREDAAcross 27: Grind piece of wood to a pointSLOGAAcross 28: A French chap has a way to be ignoredUNHEARDAAcross 29: Store managed without a manGRANARYDDown 2: Reminder for people to join meMEMENTODDown 3: Piece of music supplied by foreign donorRONDODDown 4: Underworld boss with an old-fashioned lighterLUCIFERDDown 6: Noon by time we have left to go inTWELVEDDown 7: Dishonest treatment of sin in church lessonINSINCEREDDown 8: Farmers finish working before eight?GROWERSDDown 9: They go well with cheese, or other dairy product, and nutsCREAMCRACKERSDDown 15: Singular optical instrument make an arresting sightSPECTACLEDDown 18: Address oneself first to the set allocationORATIONDDown 20: Loud noise made by nearly all the belowTHUNDERDDown 21: Managed to try to win affection with no time for ill-feelingRANCOURDDown 22: First sliced, then chopped, liver with the cutlerySILVERDDown 25: Graduates found at home with depressionBASIN