The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 7th November 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 7th November 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Lower by four inches to get one on the rangeCOWHANDAAcross 5: Cleopatra's lover heartless male? Quite the oppositeANTONYMAAcross 9: Stupidly used this caption - it's rudeUNSOPHISTICATEDAAcross 10: Nothing in Dickens' English describing hard liquorBOOZEAAcross 11: Engine's repaired - set to workTWOSTROKEAAcross 12: Indigestion after wild days consuming drinkDYSPEPSIAAAcross 14: Midshipman's coarse jokePRANKAAcross 15: Fleet coppers in surprise attackRAPIDAAcross 16: Irregular, irregular, left not right? Irregular!GUERRILLAAAcross 18: He often takes the plane to workCARPENTERAAcross 21: Joint capital cover?MITREAAcross 22: Report outlining leave given to US government people?STATE DEPARTMENTAAcross 23: Hard working labourer worn out?SWEATERAAcross 24: Bouquet of the Queen's aerosolSPRAYERDDown 1: Hit society deb on the reboundCLUBBEDDDown 2: Holiday town renews "Mousetrap" productionWESTONSUPERMAREDDown 3: Cotton on collarAPPREHENDDDown 4: Tenor Domingo's first breakDRIFTDDown 5: Old instrument used to measure out basalt oreASTROLABEDDown 6: Silent little bird (without a bill)TACITDDown 7: Large-scale gambling by Italy in NATO's tolerantly treatedNATIONALLOTTERYDDown 8: Dull, overcast and wet, reportedly, on Wednesday?MIDWEEKDDown 13: One visiting London Eye?SIGHTSEERDDown 14: Variable factor at normal level on one measurePARAMETERDDown 15: Gives different part to comic actressRECASTSDDown 17: An improved accessoryABETTERDDown 19: Put up before the courtERECTDDown 20: Many a paper produces bigger bores?REAMS