The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 31st August 2009 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 31st August 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Entertainment where cola is servedSOCIALAAcross 4: Plans to reform team with cashSCHEMATAAAcross 9: My brother is drawn to every quarrelBREACHAAcross 10: I study, turning to Bible (no intro), which is unpalatableINEDIBLEAAcross 11: Lady perhaps often found between folded sheetsNEWSPAPERWOMANAAcross 13: Pudding to enjoy, so a bloke gets it all round his faceAFTER-SHAVEAAcross 13: Pudding to enjoy, so a bloke gets it all round his faceAFTERSHAVEAAcross 14: Writer may be unknown, but the front of the canon is missingANONAAcross 14: Writer may be unknown, but the front of the canon is missingANON.AAcross 16: To knock back lager is a mistakeSLIPAAcross 18: Dealers in medicinal plants wearing shirts able to be repairedHERBALISTSAAcross 21: A gift from the king of Siam, but quite uselessAWHITEELEPHANTAAcross 23: Details put back in preset arrangementsNARRATESAAcross 24: I'm parking here to speak in this clubPUTTERAAcross 25: Spoils of holy man getting transported backDETRACTSAAcross 26: Sailors in the southeast must have the last wordSEAMENDDown 1: Reserves in sight when bus turns up on SundaySUBSDDown 2: Most musclemen need time to be mercifulCLEMENTDDown 3: Line dances not starting to strainANCESTRYDDown 5: Possible telegram with contents: 'After four o'clock'CONCEIVABLEDDown 6: Snowed, moving leavesENDOWSDDown 7: Protein needed for bum damaged with nailALBUMINDDown 8: Mountains make a writer take a size larger than eights!APENNINESDDown 12: A short note admits name of first girl to kiss men in triumphACHIEVEMENTDDown 13: Refrained from dishonour in any bedABSTAINEDDDown 15: Tavern - a hole converted to cash in onALEHOUSEDDown 17: Be left at home with mother (Italian in part)INHERITDDown 19: Man's cut dreadfully, needing a private roomSANCTUMDDown 20: A pie's made up of several layersSTRATADDown 22: Smile broadly, but the laborious routine never endsGRIN