The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 12th September 2005 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 12th September 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Saint criticised and beatenSTRAPPEDAAcross 5: Explode a bomb, getting a duck in the grassBAMBOOAAcross 9: Gloomy comic introducing Edward, which is foolishDIM-WITTEDAAcross 9: Gloomy comic introducing Edward, which is foolishDIMWITTEDAAcross 11: A proverb, or a mild oath, withdrawnADAGEAAcross 12: Club sandwich found in busDOUBLE-DECKERAAcross 15: Smooth satire unfinishedIRONAAcross 16: Weakened, I'd better go back having skirt to cast offDIMINISHEDAAcross 18: Proposed steaming English type of mealTABLE D'HOTEAAcross 19: Not bound to be without chargeFREEAAcross 21: Eg they were killed, still having an opinionPASSIVE VOICEAAcross 24: First of animate parasites inhabited WonderlandALICEAAcross 25: Place for an acrobat (or intoxicated painter?)TIGHTROPEAAcross 26: Boy sighted in eastern EstoniaERNESTAAcross 27: "Come up and see mine", said the seducerETCHINGSDDown 1: This sports team has the edgeSIDEDDown 2: Young lover drops a ring in this churchROMEDDown 3: Jail for almost prim childPRISONDDown 4: Ruling class is firmESTABLISHMENTDDown 6: Master with two accounts cut by halfACADEMICDDown 7: Fascist, dark on topBLACKSHIRTDDown 8: Having reversed, bad driver gets doneOVERRIDDENDDown 10: Edith, with pen broken, ought to be preoccupiedDEEPINTHOUGHTDDown 13: Where it all started: dock fish, we hearBIRTHPLACEDDown 14: Burning to search you and me, then not holding one backCOMBUSTIONDDown 17: Hated turning up to get second presentsDELIVERSDDown 20: To put an end to a spiritSCOTCHDDown 22: Professor holds wife on the groundDOWNDDown 23: Four different points in a reportNEWS