The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 8th May 2006 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 8th May 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: He gives you a bad dealCARD SHARPERAAcross 1: He gives you a bad dealCARDSHARPERAAcross 9: Fiasco as learner reverses with taxi into riverDEBACLEAAcross 10: Send for another musical instrument - there's a note missingREORDERAAcross 11: Crowded school invaded by unruly gentsCONGESTEDAAcross 12: Spirit stocked by obliging hostessGHOSTAAcross 13: Firms up, but goes downSETSAAcross 14: Criminal sells in street for bankrupts without thinkingCARELESSLYAAcross 16: A hospital chef initially cooked sausagesCHIPOLATASAAcross 19: Cut off aid for horsemenCROPAAcross 21: Pull up fish, we're toldRAISEAAcross 22: Snappy returns straddling wire could land hereTRAMLINESAAcross 24: Freedom fighter beheaded skilled workerARTISANAAcross 25: New arrival who's unreliable on crimeINCOMERAAcross 26: Like a football pitch badly damaged, they say, with cornersRECTANGULARDDown 1: One finding sanctuary in church after big case is a top politicianCABINET MINISTERDDown 2: Survey of evengelicals primarily in two churchesRECCEDDown 3: Colour ranges for woven carpetsSPECTRADDown 4: Sailor on raised ground cut downABRIDGEDDown 5: Failed, but turned up in fieldPLOUGHEDDDown 6: Observer on earth who might become a rider on Mars too?RADIOASTRONOMERDDown 7: Bulls? Team on the up, holding courtEDICTSDDown 8: Attractive, but trivial? That's about rightPRETTYDDown 15: Sort of evidence provided by scattered fir conesFORENSICDDown 16: Bone exposed by driving companion?CARPALDDown 17: It receives a new banknote, we're toldANTENNADDown 18: A parent with energy - astounding!AMAZINGDDown 20: Secretaries go for teatime snackPASTRYDDown 23: Pub residentLOCAL