The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 12th November 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 12th November 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Norman qualifies - a triumph!CONQUESTAAcross 5: Accountant's menu varied with insightACUMENAAcross 9: Nothing gained after disabled leader left powerlessLAME DUCKAAcross 10: Son expected sound plantSUNDEWAAcross 12: New cartel took time out, then focussedCLEARAAcross 13: Close shave for adjacent objectNEAR THINGAAcross 14: Farm vehicle to go back for Rocky Harper, the surveyorCARTOGRAPHERAAcross 18: Delightful quality of picturesque headlandPLEASANTNESSAAcross 21: Son occupied vacant ruin in island town with staffPERSONNELAAcross 23: Still fashionable with monarch and modelINERTAAcross 24: Phoney hesitation the day last letterës writtenERSATZAAcross 25: Star skier sat awkwardlyASTERISKAAcross 26: Cowardly fellow lost his head; young leader brought inYELLOWAAcross 27: Leading journalist is roaming in untamed desertEDITRESSDDown 1: State in charge of circle manufacturing clothCALICODDown 2: One, for example, that's more insensitiveNUMBERDDown 3: Purses and fiddle found in tunnelUNDERPASSDDown 4: 100 mph one achieved, after a short time in the leadSECONDTONONEDDown 6: Abrupt, accepting nothing from CouncilCOURTDDown 7: The small hours might be interrupted by strange dinMIDNIGHTDDown 8: Reporter giving fresh information to young womanNEWSGIRLDDown 11: Suspect, one in arms dealing, taken asideMARGINALISEDDDown 15: Tee-total seamen dreadfully intentABSTINENTDDown 16: Impotent rage when love apple cooked by two unknownsAPOPLEXYDDown 17: About another spiral in an act of vengeanceREPRISALDDown 19: Church elevation in colourCERISEDDown 20: Way of knowing every signal initially that adds fuel to the flamesSTOKESDDown 22: Perform better when not in the partyOUTDO