The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 22nd April 2019 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 22nd April 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Old man cracked nutALMONDAAcross 5: Capital is managing to retain charmTALISMANAAcross 9: Chap bled badly around opening of incision in jawMANDIBLEAAcross 10: Invalidate points given to paying supportersNEGATEAAcross 11: Group of companies, not large, come for trainingCONGLOMERATEAAcross 13: Medic facing old banVETOAAcross 14: Lacking in education, soldier returned to woman with booksIGNORANTAAcross 17: Everyone cutting shrub finds a place to danceBALLROOMAAcross 18: A group of musicians plus …ALSOAAcross 20: … where they may be found with choir part set outORCHESTRA PITAAcross 23: Plant tree close to streamBALSAMAAcross 24: Hang on to wife's regular underwearLINGERIEAAcross 25: Tools used by seamstress finally unnecessaryNEEDLESSAAcross 26: Drug runner carrying females' wrapMUFFLEDDown 2: Charge boy in possession of source of opiateLOADDDown 3: Conservative's alma mater?OLD SCHOOLDDown 4: Editor standing on bed with punctureDEBUNKDDown 5: Blames lightener for destroying collection of classical sculpturesTHEELGINMARBLESDDown 6: Bring down aircraft with setter's explosive deviceLAND MINEDDown 7: Tease American about cause of obesity?SUGARDDown 8: Doctor uses a test involving new insightASTUTENESSDDown 12: Send home Irishman entering Eritrea for revolutionREPATRIATEDDown 15: Cook beast for English Sunday lunch?ROAST BEEFDDown 16: Soup provided by conservative visiting scene of heavy fightingCONSOMMEDDown 19: Label derived from name of space occupied by horseEPONYMDDown 21: Washed down edges of spade in brickie's troughHOSEDDDown 22: Daughter getting sick on herbDILL