The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 17th May 2010 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 17th May 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: It's right to tuck into meat in a flashSTREAKAAcross 4: A sewer may need this labour and landWORKBAGAAcross 9: In the act of committing a misdeed that's bloody?RED-HANDEDAAcross 9: In the act of committing a misdeed that's bloody?REDHANDEDAAcross 10: Arrange false evidence against a skeletonFRAMEAAcross 11: Whip half a knee outKNOUTAAcross 12: Retire a cricketer leading to endless hateBOWLER HATAAcross 13: A small amount of liquid seen on the hockey field?DRIBBLEAAcross 15: Shy unfinished act when knocking rum backDEMUREAAcross 17: Master has to appreciate unruly setDIGESTAAcross 19: Weariness makes you embarrassed and swell externallyBOREDOMAAcross 22: "Mea culpa", perhaps, from a daughter with a callingADMISSIONAAcross 24: Better husbands will crack nowadaysAMENDAAcross 26: Guard beheaded in lobby?ENTRYAAcross 27: Australian residents show organ as OK when damagedKANGAROOSAAcross 28: Iago was Othello's, being very oldANCIENTAAcross 29: Just depend on the setter!MERELYDDown 1: Stork, half dead, in trouble could be massagedSTROKEDDDown 2: Hark at this! Free ’air-do!RADIODDown 3: Versatile one needs dressing up, having to proposeADAPTABLEDDown 4: Bereaved woman, almost an idol, needing to marryWIDOWEDDDown 5: Firearm that removes the top of nothingRIFLEDDown 6: Talked foolishly having foam or froth in bedBLATHEREDDDown 7: When will they leave? Reckon it's about time!GUESTSDDown 8: Safe to swallow, perhaps, but I bleed like thisEDIBLEDDown 14: It's silly to hug Mother, but it's naturalIDIOMATICDDown 16: Cat seen in the breakfast room?MARMALADEDDown 18: Voucher to go round hospital hidden in the treesTHICKETDDown 19: Graduate and fool must co-exist on fruitBANANADDown 20: Reserve designs; then duty is half doneMODESTYDDown 21: Picture-maker's equipment (waterproof) turned up on timeCAMERADDown 23: Kind of tasty lemonSTYLEDDown 25: Penelope doesn't want scribble to disappear without warningELOPE