The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 7th May 2018 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 7th May 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Part of the mouth said show a range of coloursPALETTEAAcross 5: Result of friction caused by second rate celebrity?BLISTERAAcross 9: Chaps getting second best score at gathering of great mindsMENSAAAcross 10: To an Irish engineer, it's academicHISTORIANAAcross 11: Instruction said to give one access to work seen strangely equalOPEN SESAMEAAcross 12: Dull son's depressionSLOWAAcross 14: One travelling widely has blog rewritten before English tourist's first meeting with scoundrelGLOBETROTTERAAcross 18: Roughly designs atlas for coloured panesSTAINED GLASSAAcross 21: Advantage of clipped hedgesEDGEAAcross 22: Bachelor trip — good chance to find a marriage partnerBRIDEGROOMAAcross 25: State backing included in new lab test to produce food additiveTABLE SALTAAcross 26: Hosts wanting male animalsASSESAAcross 27: Nordic journalist in stylish accommodationSWEDISHAAcross 28: Confused and cross over theologian's daughterMUDDLEDDDown 1: Ceremonial order's decorationPOM-POMDDown 1: Ceremonial order's decorationPOMPOMDDown 2: Wait with German in passenger shipLINGERDDown 3: Start new plan about surgeryTRANSPLANTDDown 4: Code of practice observed in Somerset hospitalETHOSDDown 5: 6 is a degree over excited MalteseBASE METALDDown 6: Atomic particle containing rare elementIRONDDown 7: Siblings getting permit to take part in excursionsTRIPLETSDDown 8: Phone woman getting old marine infectionRINGWORMDDown 13: Emergency service got us a card, surprisinglyCOASTGUARDDDown 15: Pat turned up about to enter water, giving off a smellBADBREATHDDown 16: A call for help to take in most appropriate fireproof materialASBESTOSDDown 17: Real taste to fresh bileTANGIBLEDDown 19: Work hard to contain limits of necrosis in lymphoid tissueTONSILDDown 20: A maiden employed to be tickled?AMUSEDDDown 23: Information from mother about time at universityDATUMDDown 24: Made linocut featuring food shopDELI