The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 16th November 2009 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 16th November 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Serious single chap, but not first rateSOLEMNAAcross 4: Is naughty, having drink after workACTSUPAAcross 9: Tell untruth to get university placeLIEUAAcross 10: Rugby players are funny chaps!HARLEQUINSAAcross 11: Dave recreated Right for commercialADVERTAAcross 12: Female student captivated by seal, which is found on the beachSEASHELLAAcross 13: Uninformed chap can be uncouth or amusingIGNORAMUSAAcross 15: German woman getting highGAMYAAcross 16: China teaMATEAAcross 17: "Goodness!" I uttered nervously, having ingested cocaineRECTITUDEAAcross 21: Starts to interrogate comparatively simple burglarINTRUDERAAcross 22: Salmon dish contains kind of nutALMONDAAcross 24: Chop suey with a small portion of pickle on the sideHYPOTENUSEAAcross 25: George consumed portGATEAAcross 26: In short, Dorothy and Edward scattered!DOTTEDAAcross 27: One half of the countryUNITEDDDown 1: Prudish indignation about noisy disturbanceSHINDIGDDown 2: I got rid of female insectLOUSEDDown 3: Religious sage's head wear is guarded by scholarsMAHATMADDown 5: Olympian Lord John upset a contemporaryCOEVALDDown 6: Point to the US as modelSOUTH-EASTDDown 6: Point to the US as modelSOUTHEASTDDown 7: A fine sentence?PENALTYDDown 8: Lobbyists and journalists rue getting mixed up with the MobPRESSURE GROUPDDown 14: Oscar mutters sadly about love on the very marginsOUTERMOSTDDown 16: Rich financial journalist?MONEYEDDDown 18: Part-exchange vehicle, accepting Ecstasy and diamonds in returnTRADE-INDDown 19: Mafia leader, a yob of yesteryear, made a charitable gestureDONATEDDDown 20: Stick little 11 in this placeADHEREDDown 23: Clout small child, we hearMIGHT