The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 20th March 2006 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 20th March 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Surrender harbour at a northern portHAND OVERAAcross 7: Surrender harbour at a northern portHANDOVERAAcross 9: Execute key English leaderBEHEADAAcross 10: Soldiers take time to get the general ideaGISTAAcross 11: Being caught after noon in dressing gown betrays a certain slacknessNEGLIGENCEAAcross 12: Find out the truth about soundRUMBLEAAcross 14: Best for university student (half time) to take degree at half termULTIMATEAAcross 15: Sancho cooked Mexican foodNACHOSAAcross 17: Fine trees are disposed to decayFESTERAAcross 20: Marked great work by Mr HeathTARGETEDAAcross 22: Evil can be good for the youngWICKEDAAcross 23: Overwork on market trade will be jumped onTRAMPOLINEAAcross 24: Writer found by the verandah lightDAHLAAcross 25: Aims somehow to include a little time to produce flowerMIMOSAAAcross 26: Looks around the Spanish lake for deerGAZELLESDDown 1: I act outrageously, then go quietTACITURNDDown 2: Modify fancy dietEDITDDown 3: Pay back for a very bad geneAVENGEDDown 4: Strong drink maketh the heart grow fonder, we hear?ABSINTHEDDown 5: Workplace might be calmPHLEGMATICDDown 6: Mum's about to turn good luck charmMASCOTDDown 8: Precision apparatus belongs to usRIGOURDDown 13: No cab to get one to the game?BACKGAMMONDDown 16: New platoon I discover is voluntaryOPTIONALDDown 18: Three E's in chord chaotically reverberatedREECHOEDDDown 19: When not working, I would fishIDLINGDDown 21: Clever one gets French rightADROITDDown 22: Wizard joke makes one gasp for breathWHEEZEDDown 24: Lead off into valleyDALE