The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 22nd May 2017 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 22nd May 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Captain’s gloom dispersed by one ringing the changesCAMPANOLOGISTAAcross 10: New excitements seem to vanish, becoming a thing of the pastEXTINCTAAcross 11: US politician's vile treasonSENATORAAcross 12: Ways in which boards head off differentlyROADSAAcross 13: Morning breaks for sides with European stars, originally, or …ELEVENSESAAcross 14: … sides reportedly, if it rainsTEEMSAAcross 16: More than happiness: journalist’s euphoric!OVERJOYEDAAcross 18: French philosopher’s awfully sad secretDESCARTESAAcross 19: Strange urge to accept nothing but French redROUGEAAcross 20: Up to date with Nile photo changesINTHELOOPAAcross 23: Distinctive spirit shown by alien host, mostlyETHOSAAcross 24: Label organ featureEARMARKAAcross 25: Pointed at badly run galaANGULARAAcross 26: The classic life-and-death question?TOBEORNOTTOBEDDown 2: Animals found at eastern groundANTEATERSDDown 3: Yearns for treesPINESDDown 4: Sort of inert saltpetreNITREDDown 5: Auditors’ audience?LISTENERSDDown 6: Redhead's clash concerning Chinese spice containerGINGERJARDDown 7: So-called views at some locationsSITESDDown 8: Anonymous fan arrested: crime's frightful!SECRETADMIRERDDown 9: Annoyed that wardrobe mistresses wear the trousers?CROSSDRESSERSDDown 15: Draw one that’s not a new friend?STALEMATEDDown 16: Away with employee, but this one stays at homeOUTWORKERDDown 17: Young person's weapon, which would certainly be banned hereYOUTHCLUBDDown 21: Roots out trunkTORSODDown 22: Instrument Post Office receives in a notecase, originallyPIANODDown 23: Pieces of this sort found in Spanish galleonsEIGHT