The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 6th April 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 6th April 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Treacherous foe in bad - or in good - faithBONA FIDEAAcross 5: Goes without a partner to drink and chatGOSSIPAAcross 9: Selfless concern for others is a Liberal axiomALTRUISMAAcross 10: Playful because boy's aroundJOCOSEAAcross 12: Fast birdSWIFTAAcross 13: Chief has to denounce contractGRAND SLAMAAcross 14: Polluted area isn't fit to be a source of waterARTESIAN WELLAAcross 18: I train medics to be flexible and give different treatmentDISCRIMINATEAAcross 21: Tory runs around with workers and sailors nearly all nightNOCTURNALAAcross 23: Some are ignoring governmentREIGNAAcross 24: A princess's artfully coy, provoking foolish behaviourIDIOCYAAcross 25: Well, there's nothing dull about "The Apprentice"!FAMOUSLYAAcross 26: Food stuff provides nothing good in Mongolian tentYOGURTAAcross 27: Slovakia is bound to have a pisteSKI SLOPEDDown 1: Cook is to be found in Scottish bankBRAISEDDown 2: Compound of citrin, a kind of acidNITRICDDown 3: He purveys foodstuffs to two monarchsFRUITERERDDown 4: Argument said to stir people in Bow?DISAGREEMENTDDown 6: Duck cavity is egg-shapedOVOIDDDown 7: Start to smoke, crumble and burn without a flameSMOULDERDDown 8: Opening remarks before a walk?PREAMBLEDDown 11: Horse race set in the Lake District, sayNATIONAL PARKDDown 15: Infamous 1946 Hitchcock filmNOTORIOUSDDown 16: One ultimately hated being a "personality"IDENTITYDDown 17: Intimidating, oddly pushy Chinese girlPSYCHINGDDown 19: Mafia scoundrels planted bombFIASCODDown 20: Nurse co-ordinates heads of medical experiments to find a chemical catalystENZYMEDDown 22: Complicated clue really beginning to make one sore!ULCER