The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 19th December 2005 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 19th December 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rickety shelter for one happy event!ASTABLEAAcross 5: Educational establishment to vary its compositionVARSITYAAcross 10: Swimmer giving voiceBASSAAcross 11: Teach drama for junior productionSCHOOLPLAYAAcross 12: Accountants, on average, are sageCASPARAAcross 13: Crime ace cooked dessertICE CREAMAAcross 13: Crime ace cooked dessertICECREAMAAcross 14: I suppose, in another day, one with this would carry weightADIPOSITYAAcross 16: Bush takes First Lady into sacred milieuHOLLYAAcross 17: Five hundred keen to see the King of IsraelDAVIDAAcross 19: Wise man ordered halt in Basra deploymentBALTHASARAAcross 23: Learned fellow with many English ladies initially joined foreign choirMELCHIORAAcross 24: Mostly men tested to make certainENSUREAAcross 26: Action wear for women guardsWARDRESSESAAcross 27: Close to becoming embroiled with one arsonistNEARAAcross 28: Change the sequence of hair treatment, you say, given time and energy?PERMUTEAAcross 29: Home enthusiasts interrupted by the first childrenINFANTSDDown 2: Home Counties prize for going to the coastSEAWARDDDown 3: Author strikes a foolish poseAESOPDDown 4: Concerning being consumed by desires for shining objectsLUSTRESDDown 6: Order a mobile for loverADORERDDown 7: Outstanding flower springing up, giving heavenly displaySUPERNOVADDown 8: Hard work artist put into vital compositionTRAVAILDDown 9: Choirmaster's son replaced winter flowerCHRISTMAS ROSEDDown 15: Royal title for monk in Wales, for examplePRINCEDOMDDown 18: Mean to state at the timeAVERAGEDDown 20: Eastern star on organised crimeTREASONDDown 21: Alongside article on chestABREASTDDown 22: It's very quiet somehow - listen!SILENTDDown 25: Saint Satan troubled?SANTA