The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 24th October 2011 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 24th October 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Alienate corrupt sergeantESTRANGEAAcross 5: Worship, hoping to drown such music?HIP-HOPAAcross 9: Primate hard at work catching hard black sailorBUSH BABYAAcross 9: Primate hard at work catching hard black sailorBUSHBABYAAcross 10: Animal claiming a right to be more treasuredDEARERAAcross 12: That girl meeting the Queen is thinSHEERAAcross 13: Not most knowledgeable, howeverLEASTWISEAAcross 14: Deal with worrying satanic plantTRADESCANTIAAAcross 18: Chief to tease Greer struggling with piece of kitchen equipmentCHEESEGRATERAAcross 21: Charge for a water pipe by branch of a river in AustraliaBILLABONGAAcross 23: Journey to get last bit of ungulate's offalTRIPEAAcross 24: Novelist, say, taking gold for "God"AUTHORAAcross 25: German government put in control after street fightSTRUGGLEAAcross 26: Bash against Director General and setter, reversing in small electric carDODGEMAAcross 27: Skint and embarrassed, traded in goods for commissionBROKEREDDDown 1: Proudly raise letter to gafferEMBOSSDDown 2: Check tip of electrode on top of sperm-producing glandsTESTESDDown 3: Sperm whales' innards may contain this novelist pierced by ice floating in sea and riverAMBERGRISDDown 4: Go to get bishop, English bloke and god confused by unintelligible jargonGOBBLEDEGOOKDDown 6: Disinclined to act in liner tragedyINERTDDown 7: Musicians' rare piano is covered by tilesHARPISTSDDown 8: Man pares freshly made cheesePARMESANDDown 11: Charge for chap's expression of amusement?MANSLAUGHTERDDown 15: Gobsmacked to get a point before rugby free-for-allAWESTRUCKDDown 16: Sheath for poet following evidence of the pox?SCABBARDDDown 17: Collapsed prostrate during actionDEFLATEDDDown 19: Hang about in ladies' underwear that is not visibleLINGERDDown 20: Fed up with death in shelterDEFENDDDown 22: Make amends an hour after midnightATONE