The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 30th December 2013 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 30th December 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tell cockney chap to take roleIMPARTAAcross 5: Drainage sorted out for plantGARDENIAAAcross 9: Not in play, when performance is at a different venueAWAY GAMEAAcross 10: Household of males era producedMENAGEAAcross 11: Armenian mail about sea creatureMARINE ANIMALAAcross 13: A hit? I'm going off this dealPACTAAcross 14: Get ahead but not in this part of Sunset BoulevardOUTSTRIPAAcross 17: Maybe buys buzzers for live wiresBUSYBEESAAcross 18: US city Lawrence discovered recentlyLATEAAcross 20: Boxer's trophy comes with unusual freightPRIZEFIGHTERAAcross 23: Artisan becoming a member?JOINERAAcross 24: Slaughterhouse found in a terrible messSHAMBLESAAcross 25: Afterthought changes books of sacred songsPSALTERSAAcross 26: Flower writer might growDEEPENDDown 2: Catcalls coming from the stables?MEWSDDown 3: Lack of balance in short American mystery novelASYMMETRYDDown 4: Initially, each apprentice in turn gets catering equipmentTEA URNDDown 5: Inexperienced at home, fumes about cause of global warmingGREENHOUSEGASESDDown 6: Fortifications: force down hard and strap upRAMPARTSDDown 7: Tedium when nun travels between Spain and ItalyENNUIDDown 8: Retaliating after a fashion, student leaves to gain favourINGRATIATEDDown 12: Usual Boris nonsense, but good for you!SALUBRIOUSDDown 15: Board accepting revised role that is satisfactory …TOLERABLEDDown 16: … of necessity for each law-keeping organisationPERFORCEDDown 19: Thread a way through LondonSTRANDDDown 21: Last character’s new loan applies to the regionZONALDDown 22: Insignificant body of waterMERE