The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 4th December 2017 There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 4th December 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Beth's in a muddle, having a drinkABSINTHEAAcross 9: Silver, for example, apparently causing disparity between young and old?AGEGAPAAcross 10: A heavyweight takes on schoolONETONAAcross 11: Lid’s replaced: Jane Austen’s heroine has problemsDILEMMASAAcross 12: Exceptional luck — all new leading characters have styleELANAAcross 13: Red admiral battered the Spanish sideREALMADRIDAAcross 15: Making money by creating new wordsCOININGAAcross 16: Unfortunately, silt got into part of vocal apparatusGLOTTISAAcross 18: Zest for excitementENTHUSIASMAAcross 19: Subsidy lady gets, partly for romantic poemIDYLAAcross 20: Kirk tees off, with devotees of a TV seriesTREKKIESAAcross 22: Singers with a number of alternatives?TENORSAAcross 23: Trust with confidence about student over thereRELY ONAAcross 24: Passion flower opens out, surprisingly, in draughtsAIRFLOWSDDown 1: One dreads having a case of the jittersABUNDLEOFNERVESDDown 2: Keynotes Kent hit differently in this novelty piano soloKITTENONTHEKEYSDDown 3: Travellers’ train set in motionITINERANTSDDown 4: Progress made on top roadHEADWAYDDown 5: Security for the Italian undergraduateBAILDDown 6: Mystery surrounding Atlantic island takes shapeBERMUDA TRIANGLEDDown 7: Efficiency personified in tanned gardenerCAPABILITYBROWNDDown 14: Runners carry me to new distance recordersMILOMETERSDDown 17: A ransom organised for rowerOARSMANDDown 21: One finds no sodium under here off the Scottish coastIONA