The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 17th October 2016 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 17th October 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Mark attached to letter from woman nursing journalistCEDILLAAAcross 5: Item used during flooding in Damascus and BaghdadSANDBAGAAcross 9: Boy briefly taking hard second subjectMATHSAAcross 10: Lawyer for fence admitting second theft, finallyBARRISTERAAcross 11: Ill-feeling caused by scruffy Roman wearing handsome coatDISHARMONYAAcross 12: Alternative to a Latin viva?ORALAAcross 14: Males take years to accept unorthodox ratio in love triangleMENAGE A TROISAAcross 18: Give an imperfect account of little girl about to get giftMISREPRESENTAAcross 21: Stylish youngster ditching anorak at lastCHICAAcross 22: Lend heroes foreign trousersLEDERHOSENAAcross 25: Being bad tempered, I rile 24 for a changeIRASCIBLEAAcross 26: Fourth in line embraced by sweet relativeNIECEAAcross 27: Alien stuck in part of wall is within reachGETABLEAAcross 28: Current Hamlet furious about kingTHERMALDDown 1: Setter swallowed by fish at end of funny performanceCOMEDYDDown 2: Hate shown by end of flawed drug trialDETESTDDown 3: Young woman visiting US state returned, always with tropical diseaseLASSA FEVERDDown 4: Record for a large bottom!ALBUMDDown 5: Extremely smart park officials generate visitorsSTRANGERSDDown 6: Nothing holding a pin downNAILDDown 7: Translation of Torah clutched by crowd coming back to place for ablutionsBATHROOMDDown 8: Stupid troops left below during attempts to put to seaGORMLESSDDown 13: Go north and see the phoney prehistoric monumentSTONEHENGEDDown 15: Pleasant drink interrupted by feminist endlessly going on about degreeAGREEABLEDDown 16: Son ridiculing needleworkSMOCKINGDDown 17: Hopeful when letter from abroad comes before angry outburstASPIRANTDDown 19: Mounted gathering for a hunt with Home Counties' approvalESTEEMDDown 20: Peacekeepers visiting water supply get sickUNWELLDDown 23: Go for the Spanish shock treatmentELECTDDown 24: Strike-breaker showing evidence of a scuffle?SCAB