The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 3rd April 2017 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 3rd April 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: City's first game is rubbishCRUMMYAAcross 4: Am I allowed to kick stuffing out of nice dog?CANINEAAcross 9: Nicholas I advanced across land massASIAAAcross 10: Indifferent sappers have no desire to go firstLACKLUSTREAAcross 11: Company holding ace function in a better placeCASINOAAcross 12: Former lover of model dancing round unfinished apartmentOLDFLAMEAAcross 13: Arachne conforms after 31 days in wedlockMARITALLYAAcross 15: Hamsters, perhaps, pace aboutPETSAAcross 16: Slug, one of a pairSOCKAAcross 17: Act like an idiot, due to crack and ecstasyBEATITUDEAAcross 21: Charming me, acting badlyMAGNETICAAcross 22: Wings of iconic aviator, American legendary flyerICARUSAAcross 24: Muscular contractors in pub stopping cisterns judderingSPHINCTERSAAcross 25: "Wealth" is Googled on a regular basisGOLDAAcross 26: Modest tsar removing clothes in Black Sea portODESSAAAcross 27: Catching seal in small pen?CYGNETDDown 1: Staple food of Africa's savannaCASSAVADDown 2: Savoury taste starts to upset me and my intestinesUMAMIDDown 3: State of bantam's bottom, incubating elderly eggsMOLDOVADDown 5: Reference article on retired English pedestrianALLUDEDDown 6: What you do in pub, close to despondent bankruptINSOLVENTDDown 7: Farage et al take legal action, upset over caperEUROMPSDDown 8: Mistress perhaps toying with her chocolatesSCHOOL TEACHERDDown 8: Mistress perhaps toying with her chocolatesSCHOOLTEACHERDDown 14: Van Gogh heading off, given peeled carrotINCENTIVEDDown 16: Quiet morning with dirt and clean mopSHAMPOODDown 18: Damien enters outskirts of Torquay in need of a drinkTHIRSTYDDown 19: Suspicion over the French pairDOUBLETDDown 20: Piles of small nailsSTACKSDDown 23: Gas in technical language, ignored at firstARGON