The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 23rd October 2017 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 23rd October 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Walk out on sailor and no looking back!ABANDONAAcross 5: Looked at good land around the churchGLANCEDAAcross 9: Wine from China — it’s dreadful …CHIANTIAAcross 10: … bland, but I'd sip in cooking!INSIPIDAAcross 11: It’s not inevitable for a matador to try to do this, they sayAVOIDABLEAAcross 12: Moonlit, Hermia appears sylphlikeLITHEAAcross 13: End case about SpainCEASEAAcross 15: Perhaps halt intro for an athletic eventTRIATHLONAAcross 17: Nude composition over altar said to be in its original formUNALTEREDAAcross 19: Deals in special beersSALESAAcross 22: Spicy Latin dance music?SALSAAAcross 23: Annoy worker on the railway showing spiritGALLANTRYAAcross 25: Middle and inner organ pain are each differentEARACHEAAcross 26: Dr Johnson's friend holding back cry, successfullyBOSWELLAAcross 27: Locks clothes with new topTRESSESAAcross 28: Sees man running in a groupEN MASSEDDown 1: Cunning answer, I see, is out of dateARCHAICDDown 2: Literally loth to leave a horizontal arrangement in this stateARIZONADDown 3: Stand-in editor apparently had supperDINEDDDown 4: Could trial be in jeopardy? It’s a tense situationNAILBITERDDown 5: Take the lead when little Edward turns up after guys under instruction, initiallyGUIDEDDown 6: Saul bet so wildly for things beyond human controlABSOLUTESDDown 7: For Maldivians, here male is initially writ largeCAPITALDDown 8: When high, this causes intense indignationDUDGEONDDown 14: Delights of theatrical appearancesENTRANCESDDown 16: Kind of ink that Omar Khayyám's Moving Finger writes in?INDELIBLEDDown 17: At university, sobbed with such a hairstyleUPSWEPTDDown 18: Tear lag shed, having escapedAT LARGEDDown 20: Landlords' correspondenceLETTERSDDown 21: Heavens above! Miserable colour!SKY-BLUEDDown 23: Suppose great Utopian era seemed stable at firstGUESSDDown 24: The morning after fool seen here in north-east IndiaASSAM