The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 14th August 2017 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 14th August 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Make merry love on river, within reasonCAROUSEAAcross 5: Sailor top design gets the big prizeJACKPOTAAcross 9: Wife caught in nude frolic becomes single!UNWEDAAcross 10: Recalls dream-laden sleep by dying fireREMEMBERSAAcross 11: Royalist doctor decapitated revolutionaryMONARCHISTAAcross 12: Prison's not a time to dump loverJILTAAcross 14: Guideline when Tom's in charge?RULE OF THUMBAAcross 18: Papaya-laden salad proverbially keeps one healthy!ANAPPLEADAYAAcross 21: Engraving seen in Dorset churchETCHAAcross 22: Confused by intro, hence wandering offINCOHERENTAAcross 25: Needs a pal going out for seaside walkESPLANADEAAcross 26: Papers one has to return for dopeIDIOTAAcross 27: Trace piece that's part of little pony's bridle?TINYBITAAcross 28: Special forces capturing rebel ends in griefSADNESSDDown 1: First crack at card game is uselessCRUMMYDDown 2: Run outside arguingROWINGDDown 3: New ward nurse quietly kept secretUNDER WRAPSDDown 4: What about painting with mud?EARTHDDown 5: Preserve agreement to support East's spyJAMES BONDDDown 6: Barracks a politician under Corbyn's leadershipCAMPDDown 7: Valued cut-price house contentsPRECIOUSDDown 8: River boat's key scientific vesselTEST TUBEDDown 13: Don't leave! Visit vacated boutique hotel in GermanySTAYBEHINDDDown 15: Prepare to attack fabrication regarding mass reportLIE IN WAITDDown 16: Criminal hiding, when I turned up, in cellarBASEMENTDDown 17: Perhaps Daddy's getting roast for cooking potSAUCEPANDDown 19: Country girl's bitten by insectBELIZEDDown 20: Affirm losing English and American prestigeSTATUSDDown 23: Even you've space to have small cookersOVENSDDown 24: A bud's botched in bad paintingDAUB