The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 10th April 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 10th April 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Firm notes on instrumentRESOLUTEAAcross 5: Turn up a very quiet organAPPEARAAcross 9: Chairman prepared to hold marine mammalMARMOSETAAcross 10: Little John is hard, but generousLAVISHAAcross 12: Licks last chocolate dropLAPSEAAcross 13: Creature natural at spinningTARANTULAAAcross 14: They have a lot more than 99CENTENARIANSAAcross 18: It's conclusive - can't insert keyUNANSWERABLEAAcross 21: Players almost scoreORCHESTRAAAcross 23: Foreign character volunteers for duty?THETAAAcross 24: Cantankerous Nero off the railsORNERYAAcross 25: It goes on and on to my distressMONOTONYAAcross 26: Children accept credit for plasterSCREEDAAcross 27: Greek hero removes head from corpse (Doctor Seuss)ODYSSEUSDDown 1: Drivers experience such strange, happy tearsRUMBLEDDown 2: See 1STRIPSDDown 3: Laxity is nothing to lose head aboutLOOSENESSDDown 4: Vision of the not too distant future?TWENTY-TWENTYDDown 6: Palpation is oddly uncomplicatedPLAINDDown 7: A number of deliveriesEPIDURALDDown 8: Soldier with explosive behind trainREHEARSEDDown 11: Smashed urns - dark load spiltDRUNKASALORDDDown 15: Bizarre love triangles force out familyRELATIONSDDown 16: Funny bone, sayHUMOROUSDDown 17: Birdman of Alcatraz - first half edited by new monarchFALCONERDDown 19: Work out with fish in riverDECODEDDown 20: Agree that rising oceans contain unknownsSAYYESDDown 22: Skim head off ale? That's strangeEERIE