The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 4th April 2005 There are 12 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 4th April 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 4: Get ready on way to see bandSTRIPEAAcross 6: I'm so fancy in outrageous lace underwearCAMISOLEAAcross 9: Get close to home with the FrenchNESTLEAAcross 10: Declining years, not without loveDECADENTAAcross 11: Fashionable royal connectionWINDSOR KNOTAAcross 15: Turn right out of entrance for the restaurantCANTEENAAcross 17: An unstable animal?LURCHERAAcross 18: Middling sort of performerBELLY DANCERAAcross 22: Fruit and nut salsa blendSULTANASAAcross 23: Problem for husband when son left halfway throughHASSLEAAcross 24: Rejected help when unusually beset by illnessDIABETESAAcross 25: How to clean the carpet and go awayBEATITDDown 1: What one learns at charm school?SPELLSDDown 2: New parent meets friend of one's fatherPATERNALLYDDown 3: Desperately tried to get in SAS with catastrophic resultDISASTERDDown 4: Place in the middle in KentSANDWICHDDown 5: Impressive-sounding reason to exchange booksRESONANTDDown 7: Due to ring WednesdayOWEDDDown 8: Scoffs at during point-to-pointEATSDDown 12: Newspaper article on call to identify chief troublemakerRINGLEADERDDown 13: Solid but stupid collection of objectsTHICKSETDDown 14: Starts to rudely interrupt Pinter play obsessed with sexPRURIENTDDown 16: Accepts tokens of affectionEMBRACESDDown 19: Made off without street map when in a state of shockAMAZEDDDown 20: Exploited by American journalistUSEDDDown 21: Simple activity holds a strong appealPLEA