The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 7th September 2009 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 7th September 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hard on horse being transported to get into a small spaceSHOEHORNAAcross 5: Has skill to develop road at city centreADROITAAcross 9: Translations of gin namesMEANINGSAAcross 10: A university test turns out to be cunningASTUTEAAcross 12: Relating to time before CDs? No, in fact before there were records!PREHISTORICAAcross 15: Putting less on when Bare Rock's runningBARERAAcross 17: Mug to estimate apparent worthFACE VALUEAAcross 18: Simplicity once in unusual new churchINNOCENCEAAcross 19: Formal, chilly, not initially friendlyRIGIDAAcross 20: Walk around to keep youngsters on the move?PERAMBULATEAAcross 24: Address, say, the force in rotationTORQUEAAcross 25: East wind fades and becomes more stableSTEADIESAAcross 26: Beat up the flour and eggsBATTERAAcross 27: Sparking rhymes I'm excited aboutSHIMMERYDDown 1: Half the people are not quite generally knownSEMIPUBLICDDown 2: Having a task to fulfil, André ran on outONANERRANDDDown 3: I hit a storm in the CaribbeanHAITIDDown 4: With this there's no doorstop!RIGHT OF ENTRYDDown 6: A literary protector cuts out in a Cinque PortDUST COVERDDown 6: A literary protector cuts out in a Cinque PortDUSTCOVERDDown 7: Work with a number in a shop, usefullyOPUSDDown 8: The millions, but not including us!THEMDDown 11: In which there are two sides: on and offCRICKET MATCHDDown 13: From another writer this would be appropriatePLAGIARISEDDown 14: Pointers to scheming unnecessarilyNEEDLESSLYDDown 16: Recover Ecstasy round the CityRECAPTUREDDown 21: Remove the weapons during the lunar monthUNARMDDown 22: Go nuts after getting a riseSTABDDown 23: Worry? Strings could be attached!FRET