The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 18th August 2014 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 18th August 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Imagine many in Rome are unhappily marriedDREAMAAcross 4: Intruding unsuccessfully to catch daughter with GeorgeINVADINGAAcross 8: Top quality support should arrive the next dayFIRSTCLASSPOSTAAcross 10: Discourteous? I am the complete oppositeIMPOLITEAAcross 11: Bone structure can be learntANTLERAAcross 12: Dishonest for a French worker to protect revolutionary communistUNDERHANDAAcross 15: Urge knight on to scornSPURNAAcross 17: To some extent, appointment as teacher makes senseTASTEAAcross 18: Offering a conclusion on the back of abridged textEXTENDINGAAcross 19: Crude oriental painting with heavy frameEARTHYAAcross 21: Publicity by record company before first performancePREMIEREAAcross 24: Organised workers crippled NATO industriesTRADEUNIONISTSAAcross 25: He joins in the fun to compete against another teamPLAYMATEAAcross 26: Annoyed that every other part of train went in frontRILEDDDown 1: Problems if Formula One craze dies at the bordersDIFFICULTIESDDown 2: Curious pride I harboured in EU's classical dramatistEURIPIDESDDown 3: Possibly lead me to think about law, initiallyMETALDDown 4: Anxious I will shortly meet a wind-up merchantILL AT EASEDDown 5: Massive tax besets SwedenVASTDDown 6: Puts trust in son after department's closureDEPENDSONDDown 7: Half of hyenas have a large bone in the noseNASALDDown 9: Offended by strange dress fashionTRANSGRESSEDDDown 13: Horribly rude about the Yes vote — regret it happenedRUETHEDAYDDown 14: Establish what belongs to me as supporter of the Queen after Edward retiresDETERMINEDDown 16: Worldwide Anglo-Dutch company sacks the French on half payUNIVERSALDDown 20: Two rivers in the countryRURALDDown 22: Child taken from mum in orphanageMINORDDown 23: Island for a Cambridge graduateCUBA