The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 20th November 2017 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 20th November 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Two beastly males providing stiff fabricBUCKRAMAAcross 5: Play with numbersMUSICALAAcross 9: Titleholder, excluding a single Tory leaderBARONETAAcross 10: Take on US prison where child may be behind barsPLAYPENAAcross 11: Fashionable perfume, fundamentallyIN ESSENCEAAcross 12: Severely criticise traditional Sunday lunchROASTAAcross 13: Twig, for example, brought back by birdGET ITAAcross 15: A net helps wild animalsELEPHANTSAAcross 17: Down with legal document constraining journalistsDEPRESSEDAAcross 19: Clegg's cuts?NICKSAAcross 22: I'd quit the Sunshine State for this girlFLORAAAcross 23: Place to eat pastry that's brought back to Rhode Island areaTRATTORIAAAcross 25: Non-combatant lacking distinctive featuresNEUTRALAAcross 26: Former opener for Essex enters punctuallyONE-TIMEAAcross 26: Former opener for Essex enters punctuallyONETIMEAAcross 27: Traitor's initial motive for his crimeTREASONAAcross 28: Sign of life after sappers drive backREPULSEDDown 1: Hope and Crosby going up and downBOBBINGDDown 2: Present flowerCURRENTDDown 3: Tears as leading character in romance diesRENDSDDown 4: "True men" is false!MUTINEERSDDown 5: Old man in one sort of tree has to climb anotherMAPLEDDown 6: Marine creature lookin' round the bend?SEA URCHINDDown 7: Leader in a pact that's been arrangedCAPTAINDDown 8: Cough mixture was our connection, we hearLINCTUSDDown 14: He's among group of stars in reference bookTHESAURUSDDown 16: Try shuffling over a duneENDEAVOURDDown 17: Expired time after amusement in DecemberDEFUNCTDDown 18: Obtain professional medical treatmentPROCUREDDown 20: Princess gets stuck into pink drinkCORDIALDDown 21: Cat sees bats about one in the morningSIAMESEDDown 23: Not a lonely part for a hooker?TALONDDown 24: Belgian city ignoring an assTWERP