The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 16th March 2009 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 16th March 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Shut up about little book by boy being commonPREVALENTAAcross 10: Sportsman noted for scoring entertains posh girlLAURAAAcross 11: Block preventing movement of Fischer's fourth pawnCHOCKAAcross 12: Corrupt Mugabe has half blacks' richesMEGABUCKSAAcross 13: Thatch will never look right on themBADHAIRAAcross 14: Lives by double dose of drug in conjunction with liqueurANISEEDAAcross 17: Change for the better at midday?AMENDAAcross 19: Sexy photo's centrepieceHOTAAcross 20: Back in Surrey, officials lobbyFOYERAAcross 21: Turn up after appeal for quiet during lively partySHINDIGAAcross 22: North African keeps small creature in checkMONITORAAcross 24: Purgative for powerless clergyman gripped by windCASTOR OILAAcross 26: Colour of Spike, having consumed gallonsTINGEAAcross 28: Religious instruction a no-no in wedding for Mrs SimpsonMARGEAAcross 29: Old scribe of Spenser's first chapter split with the Faerie Queene!SCRIVENERDDown 1: "Beowulf" is one early poem in canon's originsEPICDDown 2: The "Greatest" - but with no function in the ring?SECONDDDown 3: Inept about Muslim ruler ensnared by good-for-nothing editorCACKHANDEDDDown 4: Interminable disorder for German Chancellor given 50% discount by old Austrian hypnotistMESMERDDown 5: Sluggish older relative given time to attend lads' partySTAGNANTDDown 6: Heart's gone astray in balls-up with the mortuary tableSLABDDown 7: Unfounded claim to expertise laid bare by doubt about a fashion designer's initialsQUACKERYDDown 8: See 13 acrossDAYSDDown 13: Cashpoint's covered with undies!BRASSDDown 15: "I five, innit?" Confused? It's a basic verbal form!INFINITIVEDDown 16: Artist in ordure reeks!DURERDDown 18: Weeping, topless, captivating young woman exposes agentEMISSARYDDown 19: Expression of discomfort not entirely suppressed by large gathering at such a feastHOGROASTDDown 22: Old English writer's bad Latin story missing two leading charactersMALORYDDown 23: See 2TONONEDDown 24: Groom's small measure of comfort, swapping sport for loveCOMBDDown 25: Declared eggs finishedOVERDDown 27: Get deservedly close, top to bottomEARN