The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 5th December 2005 There are 13 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 5th December 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 4: Small amount charged to top up medicinePOTIONAAcross 6: Husband number three is ready to have a ball!THIROMANAAcross 9: Two chaps meet as usualNORMALAAcross 10: Attractive shade of green for a plantSWEET PEAAAcross 10: Attractive shade of green for a plantSWEETPEAAAcross 11: They're a revolutionary form of entertainmentROUNDABOUTSAAcross 15: Expert has nothing on master criminalMAESTROAAcross 17: Man without headgear is the object of one's animosityPETHATEAAcross 18: Experimental form of transportUNDERGROUNDAAcross 22: Quick to make a cutting remarkCHOP-CHOPAAcross 23: Predicament arising from drunken capersSCRAPEAAcross 24: A long-running eventMARATHONAAcross 25: Failing to leave the countryDEFECTDDown 1: A way to intimidate one lacking in courageCOWARDDDown 2: Rider bound to get caught in the rainSHOWJUMPERDDown 3: Seasonal items of tablewareCRUETSETDDown 4: Found in Central American country, or in landscape generallyPANORAMADDown 5: Inflicted pain on foreign tutor of socialist persuasionTORTUREDDDown 7: Grow sad when vehicle stops shortMOPEDDown 8: Tidier without Lawrence in the vicinityNEARDDown 12: Family man or a philanthropistBLOOD DONORDDown 13: Planet almost entirely consumed by floodSATURATEDDown 14: Support leader against the othersHEADRESTDDown 16: Cut out pointless utteranceTRUNCATEDDown 19: Disturbing business?RACKETDDown 20: Film music playing as I leftSCUMDDown 21: Heard to come down heavily on the less well-offPOOR