The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 23rd February 2009 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 23rd February 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hat riddled with lice? That''s right!ETHICALAAcross 5: Eccentric joins occasional social eventODDBALLAAcross 10: Money - and it''s mine!FUNDAAcross 11: Disasters follow when I smile and a cat strugglesCALAMITIESAAcross 12: Event - one with following windAFFAIRAAcross 13: Acceptable hairstyle - thus I tip galsPIGTAILSAAcross 14: Punishments could be anti-sleepPENALTIESAAcross 16: Ideas of rivals, including a womanVIEWSAAcross 17: Exchanges made with retiring southpawsSWAPSAAcross 19: Golly, miss! Terrible argument!SYLLOGISMAAcross 23: Awful of daughter to study at comprehensive mostlyDREADFULAAcross 24: Venerable historian is being held back insteadBESIDEAAcross 26: Rough hold grasped by policeman on clumsy idiotCLODHOPPERAAcross 27: Shylock, timid no longer, is secureLOCKAAcross 28: More or less embarrassed, it''s a list of those who helped with the productionCREDITSAAcross 29: A garble translated into letters etc for numbersALGEBRADDown 2: Time to put out a chocolate sweetTRUFFLEDDown 3: At home when help is turning up here in AsiaINDIADDown 4: Unlucky old hounds will break the lawACCURSTDDown 6: Loss for a female hiding silverDAMAGEDDown 7: Revealing man who must not drop trayBETRAYINGDDown 8: Stays hidden in story, stupid!LIESLOWDDown 9: Literally and figuratively, it usually leads to disasterSLIPPERYSLOPEDDown 15: Praised "Unfinished Fruit", then poet nearly diedAPPLAUDEDDDown 18: Songbird starting to walk over rickety barrelWARBLERDDown 20: Extensive smear about artistLIBERALDDown 21: Half-sick, rushed up after this cocktailSIDECARDDown 22: Make love in an apartment, or at seaAFLOATDDown 25: Ointment for wounded feelings?SALVE