The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 23rd January 2006 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 23rd January 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Flag-waver ready to capture a threesomePATRIOTAAcross 5: Turn us against brother, needing it to be in privateSUB-ROSAAAcross 9: Samantha gets degree in danceSAMBAAAcross 10: Pear thrown at gorillaALLIGATORAAcross 11: One caught by the hair, like Bernhardt and LangtryACTRESSESAAcross 12: Confined queen held inside, worn outTIREDAAcross 13: To shove from belowELBOWAAcross 15: Awkwardly sit with a cello and hesitateOSCILLATEAAcross 18: Unreliable one has to kiss all but Dorothy and AlbertANECDOTALAAcross 19: Precise demandEXACTAAcross 21: Used for bedding, having lumps on retirementSTRAWAAcross 23: A puzzle designed, we hear, to cause confusionAMAZEMENTAAcross 25: Like sign in a mixed saunaANALOGOUSAAcross 26: Some of the flowers we arranged to maintainSWEARAAcross 27: Time for saintly feasting: any mead drunk?NAME DAYAAcross 28: Thomas, when in action, comes back downgradedDEMOTEDDDown 1: Father's a wise man, in a wayPASSAGEDDown 2: Fix me a label in a hatTIMETABLEDDown 3: Furious buccaneer loses his headIRATEDDown 4: Lorry perhaps found in entranceTRANSPORTDDown 5: Jockey's garments found in Sunday schoolSILKSDDown 6: It's unimportant that Belle is holding a return ticketBAGATELLEDDown 7: Rotter decapitated an animalOTTERDDown 8: Cut in card gameABRIDGEDDown 14: State of Victoria post-1861?WIDOWHOODDDown 16: Failed to expire in the coldCOLLAPSEDDDown 17: Humiliation for one reaching place for bargainsABASEMENTDDown 18: Don't vote for a black markABSTAINDDown 20: Taught first of travellers to take winding detourTUTOREDDDown 22: Newly equip last 1,000RE-ARMDDown 22: Newly equip last 1,000REARMDDown 23: Don't stop when in some painAGONYDDown 24: Derby course record, with nearly a few moreEPSOM