The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 18th February 2013 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 18th February 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Current prototype docked by Royal NavyMODERNAAcross 4: Very bright graduate contrarily idleABLAZEAAcross 9: Infection of ear passed quicklyFLEWAAcross 10: Second favourites retiring after nimble dancesQUICKSTEPSAAcross 11: Sublime new non-British breakfast food?MUESLIAAcross 12: High and mighty go back, breaking rankARROGANTAAcross 13: Professors' accounts cut by about a halfACADEMICSAAcross 15: Hack ornamental stoneJADEAAcross 16: Cattle innards freed from gasOXENAAcross 17: Reportedly no female marksmen — publicity needed!MAILSHOTSAAcross 21: European mother abandons motherhood for everETERNITYAAcross 22: Rule = "n under g"?GOVERNAAcross 24: What the musketeers swore finally when catching cold is unrepeatableONCEFORALLAAcross 25: It conveys characteristic style right awayGENEAAcross 26: Take in order, including books in priceROTATEAAcross 27: Resilient son apparently unwashed?SPONGYDDown 1: Shellfish from lake fed to nervous locumsMOLLUSCDDown 2: Tosses off such clues as thisDOWNSDDown 3: Insist upon right to leave mass for memorial serviceREQUIEMDDown 5: By adopting new rake bloomers could be raised hereBAKERYDDown 6: Put one's name to plot to support carAUTOGRAPHDDown 7: Sweep vessels into riverEXPANSEDDown 8: Elaborate lie — any African accounts are based on itFINANCIAL YEARDDown 14: Dullest listener interrupts with fewest tearsDREARIESTDDown 16: Exeter's starter for ten bungled more and moreOFTENERDDown 18: Supporters kiss cricketer in fieldLEGSLIPDDown 19: Radio covering end of lengthy dictatorshipTYRANNYDDown 20: Tackling university, sadly I won't succeedWINOUTDDown 23: Iron Age villagers stocking up, animal products excludedVEGAN