The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 24th August 2009 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 24th August 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Unionist politician's anger with sporting officialUMPIREAAcross 6: Girl has responsibility to get a shrubJOJOBAAAcross 9: Return to have sex with retired teacher and it's rubbish!DEBRISAAcross 10: Sporting achievement of a journalist claiming race ahead of first and third of ridersHAT TRICKAAcross 11: Soundly trim fruitPEARAAcross 12: Simplify second part of transport infrastructure around the centre of LeedsSTREAMLINEAAcross 13: Began a synod badly with discipline of doctorsOBSANDGYNAEAAcross 18: Language, not Norse, in which composer gives account of journeyTRAVELOGUEAAcross 21: Pole keeping a trackROADAAcross 22: Messy blue goo found round northern French cityBOULOGNEAAcross 23: Adopting a laid-back attitude to drink in EuropeSUPINEAAcross 24: Arrest dishevelled philosopherSARTREAAcross 25: Lapdog, say, keeps distance from ballPELLETDDown 1: Singular snack from dodgy pier barsSPARERIBDDown 2: Credit goddess with calamityCRISISDDown 3: Underdog's leader surrounded by artillery at Ypres' first place for the deadMORTUARYDDown 4: Queen gets in to make very hot beefy drinkBOVRILDDown 5: "Tribune" vendor's bowels are irregularUNEVENDDown 7: Highlight account with little moneyACCENTDDown 8: Get severe burns from this type of interrogation?THIRD DEGREEDDown 14: The Spanish upset the French with bloody symbolic artALLEGORYDDown 15: Suddenly and deftly swallowing pint after gameABRUPTLYDDown 16: Good lodgings for lads in stablesGROOMSDDown 17: Woman drowning in G&T: greedy thing!GANNETDDown 19: Some returned for clever alternative to zipVELCRODDown 20: Attention surrounding St Edmund's head in festivalEASTER