The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 10th May 2010 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 10th May 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Very merry British game of chanceBLOTTOAAcross 5: Delay as Hettie gets changedHESITATEAAcross 9: Woman is scared at seaCRESSIDAAAcross 10: Cook perhaps might need this in kitchenOPENERAAcross 11: Old playwright wangled a senatorshipARISTOPHANESAAcross 13: She has royal status in PomeraniaRANIAAcross 14: It picks up and carries branch to NickFORKLIFTAAcross 17: Large building consisting of one third basalt and quartzBASILICAAAcross 18: Created money, we hearBREDAAcross 20: Reckons girl's right to become a sportswomanFIGURESKATERAAcross 23: German is embraced by brother in restaurantBISTROAAcross 24: Former partner pretending to be difficultEXACTINGAAcross 25: Make final alteration to sweet courseSYLLABUSAAcross 26: Concealing ill-treatmentHIDINGDDown 2: Bird left Noah's vesselLARKDDown 3: Anais, the novelist, and Arachne support opera conductorTOSCANINIDDown 4: Huge flag showing Egyptian godOSIRISDDown 5: Adherents ask for new work by ConradHEARTOFDARKNESSDDown 6: They buy jumpers under a shillingSHOPPERSDDown 7: After time he receives thank you letter from AthensTHETADDown 8: Mad Hatter, free from then onTHEREAFTERDDown 12: "Competence" was Brown's nickname!CAPABILITYDDown 15: Student leader of insurrection gets told off and set freeLIBERATEDDDown 16: Bastard met bimbo — it's a disaster waiting to happen!TIME BOMBDDown 16: Bastard met bimbo — it's a disaster waiting to happen!TIMEBOMBDDown 19: Join former drinkers and non-drinkers inside churchATTACHDDown 21: Up to usual nasty tricks, insurgents lynch leadersUNTILDDown 22: Clergyman to be beheaded soonANONDDown 22: Clergyman to be beheaded soonANON.