The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 23rd June 2014 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 23rd June 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Office chat about the lettersPOSTBAGAAcross 5: Spy soon replaced retiring agentSNOOPERAAcross 9: Miss West's heard about source of mealMAIZEAAcross 10: All English extremely stiffEVERYBODYAAcross 11: Rich altos arranged liberal accommodation for singersCHOIR STALLAAcross 12: Head-to-head encounter unsettled Labour leaderDUELAAcross 14: Favourites in form — trainer takes return flightTEACHERSPETSAAcross 18: Editor-elect's strange means of finding fiction?LIEDETECTORSAAcross 21: Hearts of pirate crew not widely knownRAREAAcross 22: Cuff led to a tailored garmentDUFFEL COATAAcross 25: Limit of main route certain to be announced firstSHORELINEAAcross 26: Spare grand member of the familyGAUNTAAcross 27: Surplus tax changing hands in publicOVERTLYAAcross 28: Tackle difficulty Democrat avoidedHARNESSDDown 1: I'm standing in purplish brown lava, turned to stonePUMICEDDown 2: Former capital (SA) I left abruptlySAIGONDDown 3: Not seeing clearly, you once got into bed early at seaBLEARY-EYEDDDown 4: Queen comes back in to receive welcomeGREETDDown 5: Most appropriate to appear in case clutching oneSEEMLIESTDDown 6: Just short of 50, 10 stoneONYXDDown 7: Got better under expertPROCUREDDDown 8: Cavalier king beheaded stalwart supporterROYALISTDDown 13: Forecaster pulling orator's legASTROLOGERDDown 15: Naivety ruled out in metropolisCREDULITYDDown 16: Great king's daughter lacking company out of doorsALFRESCODDown 17: More safe cracking causing alarmFEARSOMEDDown 19: Stubborn chap keeps turning up to fix unitMODULEDDown 20: Data, including university's rankSTATUSDDown 23: Meat served in Raffles HotelFLESHDDown 24: Amphibian from west caught in snareNEWT