The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 24th August 2015 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 24th August 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pay homage with gold vesselWORSHIPAAcross 5: Started word game with daughterBOGGLEDAAcross 9: The Italian hospital's containing new lethal sicknessILL HEALTHAAcross 10: Cleverly craft a piece of material for leotardLYCRAAAcross 11: Understood modern pronunciationKNEWAAcross 12: Card from best nightspot?ACE OF CLUBSAAcross 14: Brave woman has stoical heartHEROICAAcross 15: Get rich fast following work with upper classOPULENTAAcross 16: Reinforce positions backing on to wetlandSTIFFENAAcross 18: Enjoy the sun and empty excellent hamperBASKETAAcross 20: Sugar worker's cane tipper breaks downAPPRENTICEAAcross 21: Finishes off last letter with a postscriptZAPSAAcross 24: Church material?CLOTHAAcross 25: Hit the roof about Boe's awful reviewBLOW A FUSEAAcross 26: Get soaked putting middle bell back on top of churchSTEEPLEAAcross 27: Most eager to see Kent regeneratedKEENESTDDown 1: Beat by a tiny margin with no hesitationWHISKDDown 2: Take away anxiety about holiday, sayRELIEVEDDown 3: We come out of dwellings with garden toolsHOESDDown 4: Officer returned cut diamonds to firm after scamPOLICE CONSTABLEDDown 5: Reportedly purchase tools for fisherman or shepherd in any way you canBY HOOK OR BY CROOKDDown 6: Oversell programme links maybeGOLF COURSEDDown 7: Talk to the French about truceLECTUREDDown 8: Absolutely finished with cliqueDEAD SETDDown 13: Cut squeezing of costs in cafeCOFFEE SHOPDDown 16: Attempts to raise spirits can fail in religious areasSEANCESDDown 17: Plead for troublemaker to have new roleIMPLOREDDown 19: Deletion of recordings by ’80s' band?ERASUREDDown 22: Troublesome pest larvae beginning to penetrate wheatSPELTDDown 23: Keep a journal recording set-up of prankJAPE