The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 19th April 2010 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 19th April 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Country lover's ramble begins in courtyard on timePATRIOTAAcross 5: Desert wind is up, bringing fabulous bird to ColoradoSIROCCOAAcross 9: Danger of rising anger between political extremesPERILAAcross 10: Students in Seattle muddled by grass?TELLTALESAAcross 11: Scare about security device gets one out of bedALARM CLOCKAAcross 12: Official with special responsibilities for broadcast arts?TSARAAcross 14: Songbird's evening at home lifted English prisonerNIGHTINGALEAAcross 18: Unaffected by party on town waste groundDOWN-TO-EARTHAAcross 21: Leave out some from ItalyOMITAAcross 22: Soprano joins together with piano maestro for slow movementSNAILSPACEAAcross 25: Sailor taking student between two islands draws on more than one skillABILITIESAAcross 26: Appalling just to be beheaded!AWFULAAcross 27: E-language?ENGLISHAAcross 28: Beg to terminate involvement when I'm outENTREATDDown 1: Middle pruned from favourite treePOPLARDDown 2: Painting's covered with brown checked clothTARTANDDown 3: Confused until email can clarifyILLUMINATEDDown 4: The French kid comes up with answer to sumTOTALDDown 5: Lawyer accordingly takes on large old chemical company over corruptionSOLICITORDDown 6: Drafted a sound work timetableROTADDown 7: Enormous disadvantage in fossil fuelCOLOSSALDDown 8: Old boy's attendant on Sunday paperOBSERVERDDown 13: Admirer of the USA isn't unusualENTHUSIASTDDown 15: Wild cheering around west part of LondonGREENWICHDDown 16: Recommend a date to take on some campaigning in electionADVOCATEDDown 17: Looking for tungsten and top quality metal in silver platingAWAITINGDDown 19: Wife has women bringing round beer and a sort of cakeWAFFLEDDown 20: Extremist does not laze about pointlesslyZEALOTDDown 23: Is Susan shortly having child?ISSUEDDown 24: New Zealander informally edited wikiKIWI