The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 24th April 2006 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 24th April 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Puccini's fat and cunning MadameBUTTERFLYAAcross 6: Brother needs help in making scrambled eggBRAIDAAcross 9: Stretching out and stretching the truthLYINGAAcross 10: At a future time, should it ariseIFANDWHENAAcross 11: A lieutenant goes to the ball to win her completelyALTOGETHERAAcross 12: Red general shows superiorityEDGEAAcross 14: Idealist doctor accepts me having cut earDREAMERAAcross 15: Spot Emma with hat on back to frontDILEMMAAAcross 17: Racine's reformed killerARSENICAAcross 19: Fortune left in this part of churchCHANCELAAcross 20: A number half seen showing sixth senseNOSEAAcross 22: Knowledge obtained once casing is brokenCOGNISANCEAAcross 25: Slip as a learner in reverseBACKSLIDEAAcross 26: Swallow about half a bowl from vesselEBOATAAcross 27: Try one of William Hazlitt's?ESSAYAAcross 28: Make haste when absorbed in trade in unpleasant factorySWEATSHOPDDown 1: Beautiful girl, one demanding a ringBELLADDown 2: Immaculate type of shirt is not roughly shorterTAINTLESSDDown 3: Fight for a jobENGAGEMENTDDown 4: Healthier when swallowing river waste?FRITTERDDown 5: Important to the taxman, eg 2006 completeYEAR-ENDDDown 5: Important to the taxman, eg 2006 completeYEARENDDDown 6: Yob holds Deborah's head upside down in trunkBODYDDown 7: Having suffered, he'd better support the accountACHEDDDown 8: Lad with Chanel applied freely where boys meet girlsDANCE HALLDDown 8: Lad with Chanel applied freely where boys meet girlsDANCEHALLDDown 13: Unblemished record rarely found in a dosshouse?CLEANSHEETDDown 14: Blair has a den that's wrecked, but can be made dryDRAINABLEDDown 16: Scotsman about to get hooked on having potatoes outsideMACINTOSHDDown 18: Chef that is, say, beginning to make biscuitsCOOKIESDDown 19: Meet NCO, even if drunkCONVENEDDown 21: Dismisses talk of wind instrumentSACKSDDown 23: Don't start to beat up and knock backEAT UPDDown 24: Exclamation heard as I sway, losing heartISAY