The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 27th February 2017 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 27th February 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Return promptly with English hangman's equipmentNOOSEAAcross 10: A lad wearing aftershave is going up in the worldASCENDANTAAcross 11: Tradesperson to re-staple faulty end of spearPLASTERERAAcross 12: Theologian featured in Time is child's fatherDADDYAAcross 13: Regular gin drunk at sundownEVENINGAAcross 15: Very happy after start of birth that's overdueBELATEDAAcross 17: Part of village about to be let into inside informationGREENAAcross 18: Small dog found in experimentation facilityLABAAcross 20: Symbol to know?TOKENAAcross 22: Practise move before spell of bowlingRUN OVERAAcross 22: Practise move before spell of bowlingRUNOVERAAcross 25: Spanish fellow takes in visiting politicianSENATORAAcross 26: Choral composition with very small piece for tenorMOTETAAcross 27: Bird exhibited by student entering art examinationGUILLEMOTAAcross 30: Tailors are mostly upset by this description of their tradeSARTORIALAAcross 31: Conservative welcoming a new member of the clergyCANONDDown 1: Break in card gameSNAPDDown 2: Staff turning up bearing instruction to pay close attentionNOTA BENEDDown 3: Adventurer provides a means of escapeVENTDDown 4: Cross European capital to pick up minstrel's last songMADRIGALDDown 5: Sign of damage on top of sailor's old lucky charmSCARABDDown 6: Tiny blonde foreign writerENIDBLYTONDDown 7: Ring taken by Italian robberBANDITDDown 8: Stop agricultural leader being put in penSTAYDDown 13: Awfully large composerELGARDDown 14: Pub gets huge applause for start of something newINNOVATIONDDown 16: Opportunity to welcome in new benefactorDONORDDown 19: Foot of wall lit up in lower part of old Paris prisonBASTILLEDDown 21: Take me in for treatment with anaestheticKETAMINEDDown 23: One hundred turned up to meet a railway's legal officialNOTARYDDown 24: Get back in case of 13 across in wet weatherREGAINDDown 26: Engage in home shoppingMESHDDown 28: Tie up Latin masterLACEDDown 29: Fish in large barrel on top of aquariumTUNA