The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 9th August 2010 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 9th August 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dipping into benefits, wife goes off courseSWERVESAAcross 5: Judge employs grasping American lawyer to find traitorsJUDASESAAcross 9: Alternative listening that includes one unexpected finaleSTINGAAcross 10: See 9INTHETAILAAcross 11: Equations targeted by 21st-century thieves?IDENTITIESAAcross 12: Put away in a clockwise directionSTOWAAcross 14: Medicine cabinet placed on punt by sailorBETA BLOCKERAAcross 18: Why the first gag goes wrong?STAGE FRIGHTAAcross 21: Repeat of "The Choir"ECHOAAcross 22: Publish letter written about army attendantAIR HOSTESSAAcross 25: African verse initially dismissed in regressive articleTANZANIANAAcross 26: Confused in the mainAT SEAAAcross 27: Holding back a little, top player's quietened downSEDATEDAAcross 28: Squad aboard constantly backing trainRETINUEDDown 1: Endless kissing distracted singerSISKINDDown 2: Former partner backing shop barred from the countryEXILEDDDown 3: Greens say they've lost the power to thinkVEGETABLESDDown 4: Shed ends up housing 50SPILTDDown 5: Spooner's acrimonious prison danceJITTERBUGDDown 6: Parliament to finish on timeDIETDDown 7: Back in South Africa, Christopher spotted Fascist symbolSWASTIKADDown 8: Spinner from Manx mill works dementedlySILKWORMDDown 13: Note penned by resolute opponentCONTESTANTDDown 15: Bound to make mistake if inwardly quakingTERRIFIEDDDown 16: A frantic call secures top-class mineralASBESTOSDDown 17: Sewed material up to clothe a childMACHINEDDDown 19: Enzyme not originally added to fizzy drinkPEPSINDDown 20: Property, say, supporting earlESTATEDDown 23: Girl's dismay when losing bishop to knightHONORDDown 24: Abstainer with heart of gold gets tightTAUT