The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 17th August 2009 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 17th August 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Harmony on a C stringACCORDAAcross 5: Average pupil can be confused by English jargonPARLANCEAAcross 9: City man left on short skiing tripHELSINKIAAcross 10: Fall back in sudden mutual surpriseAUTUMNAAcross 11: Being in CID possibly a way to prove myselfIDENTITY CARDAAcross 13: A two-faced girlANNAAAcross 14: Worker's a bit gorgeous!HANDSOMEAAcross 17: Good book, worthily produced!HOLY WRITAAcross 18: Stroke put son in Los Angeles hospitalLASHAAcross 20: Forces girl to get work with Arab countrySERVICEWOMANAAcross 23: Police hit by job cutPATROLAAcross 24: Roman Catholic embracing new theories loses two points for verbosity ...RHETORICAAcross 25: ... clearly evidenced at trial of French revolutionaryATTESTEDAAcross 26: In a strange way, anger's overcome in cathedralEERILYDDown 2: Team from Cheshire town's incompleteCREWDDown 3: Involved boys in act of perversityOBSTINACYDDown 4: In Scotland, do not go to supper!DINNERDDown 5: Upset teetotaller when drunken horde went to celebrate wildlyPAINTTHETOWNREDDDown 6: Criticising cooking method?ROASTINGDDown 7: Room high-up over Italian cityATTICDDown 8: Company has top management pledge to arbitrateCOMPROMISEDDown 12: Unwilling to accept translated Oriental booksINTOLERANTDDown 15: The French National Front Party's wrapped up in drive for glorySPLENDOURDDown 16: Band supporter allowed to go after churchBRACELETDDown 19: I myself keep parking down by East BlockIMPEDEDDown 21: Reluctant to miss beginning of poemVERSEDDown 22: Works, having married badlyMILL