The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 31st December 2012 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 31st December 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Girl coming out of westbound metro engrossed in Italian poetDEBUTANTEAAcross 6: Malady gets females downFLUFFAAcross 9: Dogs are ultimately a terrible nuisanceCURSEAAcross 10: Elite gunslinger?TOPDRAWERAAcross 11: Regularly force meerkat to work for capitalist systemFREEMARKETAAcross 12: Prepare to publish review, of courseEDITAAcross 14: Franco unselectively imprisoning lawyerCOUNSELAAcross 15: Like this West African country, a war-torn stateSOMALIAAAcross 17: Excessive bureaucracy generated by socialist gaffer?RED TAPEAAcross 19: Randy Conservative's confession?AMATORYAAcross 20: Slim, classy girlLASSAAcross 22: Find fault with workers in established bankESCARPMENTAAcross 25: Extracts liquid from fish to make a drinkMILK SHAKEAAcross 25: Extracts liquid from fish to make a drinkMILKSHAKEAAcross 26: About to penetrate jaw, for example, or headBONCEAAcross 27: My field failing at first to produce cropYIELDAAcross 28: Pick me up in the morning?ELEVENSESDDown 1: Confronted revolting coffeeDECAFDDown 2: Wild bear, cubed and grilledBARBECUEDDDown 3: Regulator's resolution of hot mattersTHERMOSTATDDown 4: Frank Brown's going up a river in RussiaNATURALDDown 5: Articulate former journalistsEXPRESSDDown 6: In favour of mass manufactureFORMDDown 7: Not a member of any unionUNWEDDDown 8: English prima donna MichelleFIRST LADYDDown 13: One MP, extremely antipathetical to a pleb, unfortunately can't be touchedIMPALPABLEDDown 14: Fancy fruit found in Northants townCORBLIMEYDDown 16: Vague conclusions to unfinished businessLOOSEENDSDDown 18: Take libertyENSLAVEDDown 19: Made careers in superb universitiesACADEMEDDown 21: Fan loves what you doSOLVEDDown 23: Weeping heard in banksTIERSDDown 24: Employed in enormous edificeUSED