The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 19th January 2015 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 19th January 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Abandon hope of the French matchDESPAIRAAcross 5: Strong action I took over a lieFICTIONAAcross 9: Would try a change, apparentlyOUTWARDLYAAcross 10: Nearly left behind in the darkNIGHTAAcross 11: Industrial outskirts bordered by Tyneside riverNILEAAcross 12: Fresh cuts in Fife are at the required levelSUFFICIENTAAcross 14: Leading alpinist regularly sick at finish of climbASCENDAAcross 15: Forces unopened locksTRESSESAAcross 16: Private note by princess reaches the QueenSOLDIERAAcross 18: Copy key shortly before breakoutESCAPEAAcross 20: Directly competing to make for the topHEAD-TO-HEADAAcross 21: Start showing doubt held by magistrateJUMPAAcross 24: Canoe could be Indian, possiblyOCEANAAcross 25: Unable to stand being ordered to accept European doctorBEDRIDDENAAcross 26: American writer died after second staySUSPENDAAcross 27: Stop welcoming horribly rude boreENDUREDDDown 1: Obliterate retrograde N-wordDROWNDDown 2: Arranges fixed time with the FrenchSETTLESDDown 3: Content to draw a youth outAWAYDDown 4: Communists secretly plot to support unrest here arranged with two DemocratsREDSUNDERTHEBEDDDown 5: Suddenly leave the control and hit the roofFLY OFF THE HANDLEDDown 6: Scruples against knowledge based on experimentsCONSCIENCEDDown 7: Entrance French artist at opening of showINGRESSDDown 8: Turn on old volunteers with incomplete exam marksNOTATESDDown 13: Criminal resents CIA's lack of co-operationRESISTANCEDDown 16: Teaches in groupsSCHOOLSDDown 17: Top story's on earls regularly becoming prime ministers?LEADERSDDown 19: Starts to plague international body over the German spoilsPLUNDERDDown 22: Marginally inconvenienced after power faded awayPINEDDDown 23: Sympathetic relative takes on daughterKIND