The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 12th January 2009 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 12th January 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Circle small lake surrounding hotelWHEELAAcross 4: Literary midget who's a library member?BORROWERAAcross 8: State sugar crop's initially levelled to earth by pestCOLORADO BEETLEAAcross 10: Person who impresses could be even half more seriousENGRAVERAAcross 11: Squeezes water out of armbands over riverWRINGSAAcross 12: Heard cat rise to get birdKITTIWAKEAAcross 15: Typical Derwentwater view includes this treeALDERAAcross 17: Wise comedian sent up a German after some hesitationERNIEAAcross 18: Sailor Chay, mast broken, heads northYACHTSMANAAcross 19: Set off with English doctor on old shipEMBARKAAcross 21: Look on as building etc is covered by floodSPECTATEAAcross 24: Upper-class comedienne ran production with private meansUNEARNED INCOMEAAcross 25: Pessimistic about exercise in spaceshipHOPELESSAAcross 26: Pickled parts of fishSPRATDDown 1: Cricketer's wife to pass time off with GuardianWICKET-KEEPERDDown 1: Cricketer's wife to pass time off with GuardianWICKETKEEPERDDown 2: Inform on measures taken around daybreakENLIGHTENDDown 3: Cricketer's swallowed very small bugLARVADDown 4: Northern town's holding day to obtain top advice on financeBUDGETARYDDown 5: Costume for royal order?ROBEDDown 6: Make huge fuss about old veteran being without free carerOVERREACTDDown 7: In Paris she takes name of Miss MacArthurELLENDDown 9: Broken agreements don't half cause disaffectionESTRANGEMENTDDown 13: Get drunk at home thanks to one getting back into brewing beerINEBRIATEDDown 14: Runs away to acquire modern adventuresESCAPADESDDown 16: Gloomy about point average for conductDEMEANOURDDown 20: Music maker at bar has endless workBANJODDown 22: Slice top off cakes to put ice cream inCONESDDown 23: I abandon family with heartless ease to get jointKNEE