The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 5th January 2009

There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 5th January 2009. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Choose fat
AAcross 4:	Encourage some teachers to be intellectuals
AAcross 8:	Be a not very successful etcher?	SCRATCHALIVING
AAcross 10:	Lid off? It can make sense of unemployment
AAcross 11:	On land, getting a hero's treatment
AAcross 12:	Not expected to join the party
AAcross 12:	Not expected to join the party
AAcross 15:	Repeat how one in pair goes over
AAcross 17:	Go off, taking top paint from oar
AAcross 18:	Abrasive material Dan's used daily
AAcross 19:	It can take pictures for a long time on the river
AAcross 21:	He breaks more than one union law
AAcross 24:	Drat! Both taps can be unpredictable	BLOWHOTANDCOLD
AAcross 25:	Their work lacks originality
AAcross 26:	Saw a number working
DDown 1:	Going by feeling, it won't last!	PASSINGFANCY
DDown 2:	International body told story that lacked relevance
DDown 3:	Russian leader given the job
DDown 3:	Russian leader given the job
DDown 4:	They got letters about his pa, seen working
DDown 5:	Celebration of a convict's retirement
DDown 6:	Overhear one caught in woman's fall
DDown 7:	Animal doing badly
DDown 9:	Cartoon character, hopeless and upset	DESPERATEDAN
DDown 13:	Remove the plates to free a passage
DDown 14:	Disadvantages to a golfer?
DDown 16:	Goat's food found on island
DDown 20:	Very musical in Italy
DDown 22:	University involved in entrance examination
DDown 23:	Chico Marx's deep sleep?