The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 2nd April 2012 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 2nd April 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: American rogue in iron maskFACADEAAcross 4: Assist Dicky to achieve state of inactivitySTASISAAcross 9: Man, perhaps misled, strippedISLEAAcross 10: Billion are short of food and school equipmentBLACKBOARDAAcross 11: Punch alien in portSOCKETAAcross 12: One intense, revolutionary decadeNINETIESAAcross 13: Sausage and ginger beer from ItalyPEPPERONIAAcross 15: Not about to repair trackPATHAAcross 16: Tree regularly seen in the BacksTEAKAAcross 17: Brilliant hacker, a young writer, is in hidingTHACKERAYAAcross 21: Article the Scotsman's written about Pole and GreekATHENIANAAcross 22: Reservation without doubt proves to be incorrectREBUTSAAcross 24: Presents misguided US doctrineINTRODUCESAAcross 25: Take care of money (not sovereign)TENDAAcross 26: Your health bucks upCHEERSAAcross 27: Sanctuary proved by a Yankee in ghettoASYLUMDDown 1: Immovable and undivided, it's crooked when pulledFAST ONEDDown 2: Arrest Charlie? I'm surprised!CHECKDDown 3: Berated poor performer in ParliamentDEBATERDDown 5: Conveying thanks to monarchTAKINGDDown 6: Biscuit, not eclairSHORTCAKEDDown 7: Shriek as stones cover churchSCREECHDDown 8: Penance, I think, could be a borePAIN IN THE NECKDDown 14: Mercury, perhaps, starts to rise, enervating and exhausting one seen on the streets of London?PLANE TREEDDown 16: "Drat it — an iceberg!": ship is engulfedTITANICDDown 18: Bodies are reportedly buried in woodsCORPSESDDown 19: Married man? The opposite!ANTONYMDDown 20: She likes to tease nanny?KIDDERDDown 23: Insect said to be mild stimulant when chewedBETEL