The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 24th September 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 24th September 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: After an interval, order a harsh interrogationTHIRD DEGREEAAcross 9: Untalented former tennis player resides in AmericaUSELESSAAcross 10: English resort's pebbled beachSHINGLEAAcross 11: Dirk and Cliff meet at critical pointKNIFE-EDGEAAcross 12: Initially lost vitality and weightOUNCEAAcross 13: Regretted being vulgar, we hearRUEDAAcross 14: A river goddess can be found in this divine formAPOTHEOSISAAcross 16: Socialist Worker's editor can be awkwardLEFT-HANDEDAAcross 19: Billy's ignorant, regularly dropping outGOATAAcross 21: Some cheap products could be bought on thisAPPROAAcross 22: One claret turns out to be as much as one can standTOLERANCEAAcross 24: Bishop, taking part in nonconformist rites, causes a commotionSTIRRERAAcross 25: Leader of string quartet taking most of the day offSABBATHAAcross 26: Urchin wandering up Gin StreetGUTTERSNIPEDDown 1: Conservatives reportedly take issue with banning of fine balletTHERITEOFSPRINGDDown 2: Dire news about womanIRENEDDown 3: Doctor duped so that one's given lots of drugsDOSEDUPDDown 4: "East is East" is funny and extremely undemandingEASIESTDDown 5: They live underground, unknown, involved in reckless heroismRHIZOMESDDown 6: Unusual fusion of grand opera, song and dance is a fun eventEGGANDSPOONRACEDDown 7: Sap springing from base of treeSUCKERDDown 8: Destroys part of SomersetLEVELSDDown 15: TV programme on art upset Khomeini, perhapsTHEOCRATDDown 16: Elias and I work togetherLIAISEDDown 17: Source of almonds, perhaps, and fruitcake and cola?NUT TREEDDown 18: Obtains new lines by EliotENLISTSDDown 20: Article on how to play in a bandTHEWHODDown 23: Religious leader is a timid person, for the most partRABBI