The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 31st July 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 31st July 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fly back from deepest EstoniaTSETSEAAcross 4: Holy men are not commonly found in SSSAINTSAAcross 9: Central reservation is not very excitingMIDDLE-OF-THE-ROADAAcross 10: Whisky? It's vital!SPIRITAAcross 11: Steelmen recast iron and carbon, perhapsELEMENTSAAcross 12: Book of the Bible turns out to be about king and rabbi, essentiallyPROVERBSAAcross 14: Former partner lied about being sent awayEXILEDAAcross 15: Tony's family heard noisesBLARESAAcross 18: He's heard novel is to be rewrittenREHASHEDAAcross 21: Starts to understand a path to awareness at lastGETAWAYSAAcross 22: Trainee soldiers set out after villainCADETSAAcross 24: Fellow with broken mast is to come ashore somewhere in the Indian OceanCHRISTMASISLANDAAcross 25: Anne is going round Italian citySIENNAAAcross 26: I get so annoyed seeing self-centred personEGOISTDDown 1: Tourist beginning to think it's great in Australia!TRIPPERDDown 2: Cockney believed Queen to be authority figureELDERDDown 3: Weather's not hot - put on second jumperSWEATERDDown 5: Letters from the late Jesse Owens, perhapsATHLETEDDown 6: Old trade union to run schools for totsNURSERIESDDown 7: After end of recess, Attlee set out for US citySEATTLEDDown 8: Looking for first slice of summer puddingAFTERSDDown 13: Articulate poetry about exotic islandVERBALISEDDown 16: Worms left rotten cheeseLEECHESDDown 17: Argue with Head of Theology, an austere typeSPARTANDDown 18: Lascar at sea is a rogueRASCALDDown 19: Rough sportHACKINGDDown 20: Dead excited, texting endlessly about first of concertsEXTINCTDDown 23: Indian city's Hindu leaders supporting delegateDELHI