The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 13th February 2012 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 13th February 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Mate in Sydney holding large hammerCLOBBERAAcross 5: Horrible bra came undoneMACABREAAcross 9: Hit by a vehicle — and not cared forRUN-DOWNAAcross 9: Hit by a vehicle — and not cared forRUNDOWNAAcross 10: Girl's first with simply tailored tunicGYMSLIPAAcross 11: Hint: gloom transformed by this?MOONLIGHTAAcross 12: Move during sword fight, taking nothing from roomLUNGEAAcross 13: Tree providing shadeLILACAAcross 15: Capital people name shipsDUBLINERSAAcross 17: Going wrong isn't moral!MORTAL SINAAcross 19: Container, as required by music producersTUBASAAcross 22: Tea brought back from service areaASSAMAAcross 23: Girl rings friend and mum in holiday locationLASPALMASAAcross 25: Serious listener with cosy homeEARNESTAAcross 26: Inability to remember a name is peculiarAMNESIAAAcross 27: Stephenson dismisses female family memberSTEPSONAAcross 28: Doctor needs fluid for German cityDRESDENDDown 1: Rover, for example, gets sort of meal that's sweetCARAMELDDown 2: Personal ambition that's a setback for the teamOWN GOALDDown 3: Cook one way or another, bringing in Ramsay initiallyBROILDDown 4: Turncoats messed a general up? Not completelyRENEGADESDDown 5: Power of child picked up by the earsMIGHTDDown 6: Illness caused by beef?COMPLAINTDDown 7: Rest that's essential for tightrope walkerBALANCEDDown 8: Fast train, sayEXPRESSDDown 14: Conservative leader, safe but unattractiveCHARMLESSDDown 16: Originally bison and bear feature in parkBANDSTANDDDown 17: People not satisfied with Ransome novelMOANERSDDown 18: Book a possible substituteRESERVEDDown 20: Puzzled when Australian birds appear in part of gardenBEMUSEDDDown 21: American turning up with dirty bearSUSTAINDDown 23: What was heard in Rome and a quarter of ParisLATINDDown 24: Musical heroine joining Laurie in a songANNIE