The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 1st September 2008 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 1st September 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Statement often repeated is mainly a source of manly dangerMANTRAAAcross 5: Categorise form provided by yearCLASSIFYAAcross 9: At sea rower can, though showing signs of distressCAREWORNAAcross 10: Up-to-date way with the navyMODERNAAcross 11: Relieves tension by becoming less stuffyCLEARSTHEAIRAAcross 13: Part of the orchestra on booze? Only the odd characters!OBOEAAcross 14: Space not drilled in such a mineOPENCASTAAcross 17: Bit of glass barrier, say, for fishGRAYLINGAAcross 18: Such an excuse is poor, fabricated stuffLAMEAAcross 20: Wild moorlands, tho', demand illegal paymentHOLDTORANSOMAAcross 23: Extra call for this kind of delivery!WIDISHAAcross 24: Lists came across backwards, one size being wrongITEMIZESAAcross 25: A civil engineer's way on railway lineANCESTRYAAcross 26: Fool not finishing act gets a rocketSATURNDDown 2: King Henry, taken in by false god, almost put upAHABDDown 3: Betrayal of new teacher over linesTREACHERYDDown 4: An audit over a rising company gets the birdAVOCETDDown 5: No light-hearted meeting-place where the effect of weight is feltCENTRE OF GRAVITYDDown 6: Owned up to having been taken inADMITTEDDDown 7: Plant in the borders, last put firstSEDGEDDown 8: Above normal level in musical instructionFORTISSIMODDown 12: Unkempt beard on a Scotsman - this is one!ABERDONIANDDown 15: Journalist is in post on timeCOLUMNISTDDown 16: Make a comeback on the face of itRICOCHETDDown 19: Fix the value of a female animal?ASSESSDDown 21: Control vehicle in approach to houseDRIVEDDown 22: Split the split rateTEAR