The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 9th January 2006 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 9th January 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hates being cut short: hates changesLOATHESAAcross 5: Source of perfume becomes hip with ageROSEBUDAAcross 9: Force horse to whimperGRRANAAcross 10: In New Zealand, a pipe is held to cause illnessINFLUENZAAAcross 11: "Cook/Blair - the last two" - accurate satireCAAICATUREAAcross 12: Drink on the floorDOWNAAcross 14: Fishing at sea?FLOUNDERINGAAcross 18: Lift blockade of Eire with assegai, perhapsRAISEASIEGEAAcross 21: Old painter to return shortlyAGEDAAcross 22: Player at Table 1 takes order backGRAMOPHONEAAcross 25: Manager is mean to workerINTENDANTAAcross 26: Ridicule Tory leaving baitTEMPTAAcross 27: Terrible hunger initially: starve if it failsHARVESTAAcross 28: The two beginners duck twice around the moorOTHELLODDown 1: Maybe Will left itLEGACYDDown 2: A plank on a shipABROADDDown 3: Without leader, blew hot and cold before being restrainedHANDCUFFEDDDown 4: Spell "wader"STINTDDown 5: Mention politeness, if given new startREFERENCEDDown 6: See 17SCUTDDown 7: It might be funny to include short sermon on convivialityBONHOMIEDDown 8: Reading a novel, "A network of sewers"DRAINAGEDDown 13: High excitement to go and get wriggling viper insideFEVER PITCHDDown 15: Watchful voters ban fraudOBSERVANTDDown 16: Fantastic novel, "About a Boy" (unfinished)FREAKISHDDown 17: Scorcese''s full version of "Head or Tail"?DIRECTORDDown 19: General takes Major's wife to portNORMALDDown 20: Penguin slime covering medical tubes?GENTOODDown 23: Michelin first to produce "A to Z of Food"MATZODDown 24: Formerly a roundaboutONCE