The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 6th August 2012 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 6th August 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Thought of place in instrumental partREPUTEDAAcross 5: Hide private noteSECRETEAAcross 9: Meaning detected in written orderTENORAAcross 10: Right to indicate concessionGOODPOINTAAcross 11: Play with racketNOISESOFFAAcross 12: Large instruments ring out to the endOBESEAAcross 13: Bother! The sound system won’t startANNOYAAcross 15: Generous man left to get prong for rakeLIBERTINEAAcross 18: Finding rocks slippery, team has to turn roundCORKSCREWAAcross 19: Get change from purse for fineSUPERAAcross 21: Mountain range is clear example, on reflectionRIDGEAAcross 23: Routine step on road for studentsTREADMILLAAcross 25: Go on to abandon finalLAST-DITCHAAcross 26: Support given to fashionable intellectualBRAINAAcross 27: A refusal to deny unorthodox painkillerANODYNEAAcross 28: In tunnel’s outer confines, animal lurchesTOTTERSDDown 1: Decay reported beneath the buildingROTUNDADDown 2: Write to address occupied by single retireePENSIONERDDown 3: Not long retired back to Home CountiesTERSEDDown 4: Restraint shown by vicar?DOG COLLARDDown 5: Follow up apologetic expression with loud jokeSPOOFDDown 6: Measure pieces of wood for cabinetsCUPBOARDSDDown 7: The best of English literature came at lastELITEDDown 8: Top of old meter damagedEXTREMEDDown 14: Time for a song?YESTERDAYDDown 16: Old chap’s heading for depression and heart troubleBOWLER HATDDown 17: Secretly finds home with soldierIN PRIVATEDDown 18: Fancy collar wrapped round flowery sectionCOROLLADDown 20: Softens when one abandons story in tearsRELENTSDDown 22: Dance made up of two circlesDISCODDown 23: Raise it with the amount once taxedTITHEDDown 24: First performance of complex duet without bookDEBUT