The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Friday, 23rd August 2013 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Friday, 23rd August 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: O Kelvin, it’s cold!ABSOLUTE ZEROAAcross 8: Make fun of diving bird that swallowed torn mapLAMPOONAAcross 9: Given responsibility for church, dear? Good manoeuvre!CHARGEDAAcross 11: Fox no one heard, on the positive sideNONPLUSAAcross 12: Cart to go round, yet return outsideTROLLEYAAcross 13: Raced around, then bowedARCEDAAcross 14: Small article involved in illegal relationship that’s on-goingINCESSANTAAcross 16: Respiratory disorder my sheep inflicted on motherEMPHYSEMAAAcross 19: Teacher's directions are a warning signalSIRENAAcross 21: Give custody to chargeENTRUSTAAcross 23: Quiet appraisal of trailerPREVIEWAAcross 24: Little or no high tension in midnight’s broadcastSMIDGENAAcross 25: The team's mistake was to confess an aimOWN GOALAAcross 26: Recent development in disturbances at focal points of agitationSTORMCENTRESDDown 1: The woman can return annual workbookALMANACDDown 2: Ruined when polished carelessly, but not hardSPOILEDDDown 3: Cliff fall in Iceland slid eventually into the seaLANDSLIDEDDown 4: Taken for granted when understoodTACITDDown 5: Keen (but jealous) judge leaves as last character’s taken onZEALOUSDDown 6: Finery from Algeria, perhapsREGALIADDown 7: Royal house agent moves English plants outsidePLANTAGENETSDDown 10: Boring delay making a boundary constructionDRY-STONE WALLDDown 15: Sudden restriction on vice by Irish countyCLAMP DOWNDDown 15: Sudden restriction on vice by Irish countyCLAMPDOWNDDown 17: Country lover’s pet's disorderPATRIOTDDown 18: New guy, Nero, is not so oldYOUNGERDDown 19: Her Majesty seen at the back of the vessel, in a more serious moodSTERNERDDown 20: It's catastrophic, when promissory notes run outRUINOUSDDown 22: Heavyweight in charge of medicineTONIC