The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 7th November 2011 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 7th November 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Lively bachelor goes into the riverNIMBLEAAcross 5: Temperance so needs cheese pasty — not father's!SOBRIETYAAcross 9: Quarrel said wrongly by Greek getting cut shortDISAGREEAAcross 10: Sad diva, not half small? Not quiteDISMALAAcross 11: Being let down, I'd turn to energy cuttingDISAPPOINTEDAAcross 13: It's not possible, like two numbersNONOAAcross 14: Recommend no friend to keep at homeNOMINATEAAcross 17: My old Pa and I may not be competitors in it!OLYMPIADAAcross 18: He's at home among celery and fennel topsCHEFAAcross 20: Commotions as I burst out in waltzes and foxtrotsDISTURBANCESAAcross 23: Look while starting to grin with horseman's spearGLANCEAAcross 24: Faces pulled by horrid championsGRIMACESAAcross 25: Fantasiser and the one that got awayESCAPISTAAcross 26: Name of girl going round singlyGLYNISDDown 2: Goddess, one with a half-sisterISISDDown 3: Committee chamber for having meals, if there's spaceBOARDROOMDDown 4: Exit, eg with a topless dressEGRESSDDown 5: Sing about upset skin, needing air and a medicated drinkSLEEPING DRAUGHTDDown 6: Boredom's possible in such places!BEDROOMSDDown 7: He wrote plays to be linked with sin, perhapsIBSENDDown 8: Made a mockery of having tried to keep a vest hiddenTRAVESTIEDDDown 12: Alfie gets colds outside the miners' workplaceCOALFIELDSDDown 15: It's required as scenery is movingNECESSARYDDown 16: PM twice called out: "Liars die troubled"DISRAELIDDown 19: Wanting to have feature cast in silverACHINGDDown 21: Friendly islands are not coming up for GeorgiaTONGADDown 22: It's a mountain creature; however I must follow itYETI