The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 23rd March 2009 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 23rd March 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: In bad year take leading part, the result of illegitimate activityBASTARDYAAcross 5: Father will provide money for a fruitPAPAYAAAcross 9: Information held at a bar within Denmark's bordersDATABANKAAcross 10: Talk of having to move south to get a drinkGOSSIPAAcross 12: One in France allowed to remain without a tenantUNLETAAcross 13: Trace mobile calls in itSCINTILLAAAcross 14: Perfectly sane people can be found in organic fertiliser, I suggested initiallyCOMPOS MENTISAAcross 18: Acts ostentatiously, like as incompetent diverMAKESASPLASHAAcross 21: Vessel that can cut around a riverCATAMARANAAcross 23: Family doctor accepts our new partyGROUPAAcross 24: Tax a bishop with overturning the voteBALLOTAAcross 25: End the savagery when one vice is left overCIVILISEAAcross 26: Followed that university needs to be shaken upENSUEDAAcross 27: One laying about crew to be made more conspicuousHEIGHTENDDown 1: Parasite with a microphone hidden in the mattress?BED BUGDDown 1: Parasite with a microphone hidden in the mattress?BEDBUGDDown 2: Pay to stay for a whileSETTLEDDown 3: Aspiring to keep promises made on circuitAMBITIOUSDDown 4: Tart picked up in Tivoli Gardens, perhaps?DANISH PASTRYDDown 6: Concerned with a fightABOUTDDown 7: Reform ASBO: instrument with no limit?ABSOLUTEDDown 8: A page left during short interval to acclamationAPPLAUSEDDown 11: Needing Elsie Turner at the front of the trainDIESEL ENGINEDDown 15: Tolerant of simple send-offEASY GOINGDDown 15: Tolerant of simple send-offEASYGOINGDDown 16: Friendly American needs to lie about taxiAMICABLEDDown 17: A sketch? Let's play ninepinsSKITTLESDDown 19: One split votes badly in old revolutionary councilSOVIETDDown 20: Organ of old-fashioned melancholySPLEENDDown 22: Some mistake about the old dear, we're toldMOOSE