The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 28th February 2005 There are 16 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 28th February 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: To get a holiday in America I hid in crumpled coat in lorryVACATIONAAcross 9: Consumption is covered by new support group for sicknessNAUSEAAAcross 10: Sharp butcher's knife cut out heartCLEVERAAcross 11: Important to see best bitHIGH SPOTAAcross 11: Important to see best bitHIGHSPOTAAcross 12: Panda gestation takes a long timeAGESAAcross 13: Greet second fish with rounds of applauseSHAKE HANDSAAcross 15: Frets, if working gets harderSTIFFERAAcross 16: Fruit lost colour in tartCURRANTAAcross 18: Dr Pasteur's solution to rodent infestation?MOUSETRAPSAAcross 19: In contact with posh name after returning workUP ONAAcross 19: In contact with posh name after returning workUPONAAcross 20: Nowadays, card game is accepted in shortened formABRIDGEDAAcross 22: Chap entered peripheries of French cityRHEIMSAAcross 23: Use an unknown conventionTREATYAAcross 24: Isn't a cog broken by freewheeling?COASTINGDDown 1: Safe from this crime during hours of darkness?DAYLIGHTROBBERYDDown 2: First five ale vats he used for the autumn celebrationHARVESTFESTIVALDDown 3: Princess's bad press etc reflects insolenceDISRESPECTDDown 4: Oddly, T-shirt found in back lane entranceENTHRALDDown 5: Geordie goes back to problemSNAGDDown 6: Push Ann to regret lease of property, reportedly, in a dangerous gameRUSSIAN ROULETTEDDown 7: Damn economics and cut a different position for the person next in lineSECOND-IN-COMMANDDDown 14: Rider's Oriental journey to find IranEQUESTRIANDDown 17: Fish Dad cooked in white wineHADDOCKDDown 21: Men taking German's unknown in AmericaGUYS