The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 17th April 2006 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 17th April 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Food for a solitary sailor?ABALONEAAcross 5: TV prompt to report traffic jam?AUTOCUEAAcross 9: Seek favour for daughter in prisonCADGEAAcross 10: European Community has no record on first green expertECOLOGISTAAcross 11: Quiet one with dog is leader of the packPACESETTERAAcross 12: Story of how silver was found in itSAGAAAcross 14: Striking out the CIA(gency)EYE-CATCHINGAAcross 18: He never gets a lotUNDERBIDDERAAcross 21: Noise barrierBOOMAAcross 22: A case for internal treatment? On the contraryOUTPATIENTAAcross 25: We''ll see her perhaps, having dropped a student in another placeELSEWHEREAAcross 26: One who has now changed - but with some hesitationOWNERAAcross 27: Ronnie or Reggie lost a hundred at poker originally - what a gas!KRYPTONAAcross 28: Be worthy of French opening shotDESERVEDDown 1: Receive Church of England priest? Indeed!ACCEPTDDown 2: Devotee, to sum up, gets caught in itADDICTDDown 3: Takes the corner badly and reverses to crashOVERSTEERSDDown 4: Strive to get second opinion out of specialistEXERTDDown 5: A lot of trees cut back with help, as previously mentionedAFORESAIDDDown 6: Old City conservative has a change of heartTROYDDown 7: A number claim it is changeable, like the weatherCLIMATICDDown 8: Set off, wander about and separateESTRANGEDDown 13: Caught the engineers in engagements making extensionsACCRETIONSDDown 15: Gourmet enjoyed crushed ice with a pruneEPICUREANDDown 16: Start a prison escape?OUTBREAKDDown 17: Horribly loud, noisy, nameless compositionODIOUSLYDDown 19: One who is inclined to be slimmer?LEANERDDown 20: Averts chaos fastSTARVEDDown 23: Make representations for the French to occupy the flatPLEADDDown 24: Hard worker pulls upSWOT