The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 21st November 2016 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 21st November 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Work in place for experiments by old university research leaderLABOURAAcross 6: Moved swiftly to suppress source of tension and hostilityHATREDAAcross 9: What to do before you 7 peacekeepers visit part of IrelandUNCORKAAcross 10: Crude oil given to government by principal member of ruling eliteOLIGARCHAAcross 11: Lake is insignificantMEREAAcross 12: Thinking seriously about intervening in dispute involving Tory leaderMEDITATINGAAcross 13: Devil treats suspect to showDEMONSTRATEAAcross 18: Butcher could be adulterating pork with European sheepSHOPKEEPERAAcross 21: Ship over a vegetableLEEKAAcross 22: Flexible growth found in cattle ranging freely over spaceTENTACLEAAcross 23: Rushed back to join queue to get slimNARROWAAcross 24: Red is fermented with last bit of yeast to become the most secDRIESTAAcross 25: Went crazy working with physicistNEWTONDDown 1: Lose old bet newly regarded as invalidOBSOLETEDDown 2: Hairdo worn by king beheading mother making meaningless speechBUNKUMDDown 3: Preserve headless nun in storage boxCANISTERDDown 4: Animal clutching right bosomBREASTDDown 5: Loved to keep end of chain joined upLINKEDDDown 7: Ant and Dec swapping places to prepare a drinkDECANTDDown 8: Holy communion for cricketers?LORD'S SUPPERDDown 14: It's about actors being dullOVERCASTDDown 15: Put up with engineering role in galleryTOLERATEDDown 16: Step round hot filamentTHREADDDown 17: Bird ingesting a dangerous substanceHEROINDDown 19: Posit a new variety of languagePATOISDDown 20: Send up note to get ingredient for cheesemakingRENNET