The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 20th May 2019 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 20th May 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rotten worker — and so rude!OFF-HANDAAcross 1: Rotten worker — and so rude!OFFHANDAAcross 5: Dull rhyming couplet — that's one word for itHUMDRUMAAcross 9: Take short run with addictTROUSERAAcross 10: Leader drunk pink ginKINGPINAAcross 11: Stranger picked up beside station seatPOSTERIORAAcross 12: Check in with a mateCHINAAAcross 13: Encourages Spurs fansFUELSAAcross 15: Meeting point for attack on Italian clubINTERFACEAAcross 17: Fat cow messing in back row reveals something specialWOWFACTORAAcross 19: Put off changing temperature to Fahrenheit — it's really just the sameDETERAAcross 22: Back section of laser-based weaponSABREAAcross 23: Hide elite to provide protection from surface damageSKINCREAMAAcross 25: Sort of weird male who features in the BibleISHMAELAAcross 26: European got in a tailspinITALIANAAcross 27: Tough position — perhaps as a result of lying?HOT SEATAAcross 28: Covers speeches without commercial introductionDRESSESDDown 1: In control as well at the summitONTOPOFDDown 2: Is it played by romantic speculators?FOOTSIEDDown 3: Firstly, action is the French approach in the theatreAISLEDDown 4: It is drawn out for one supporting evolutionDARWINISTDDown 5: One looking for a lift after hitchHIKERDDown 6: Intense and awfully rude, but well groomedMANICUREDDDown 7: Copy line in saga that artist has adoptedREPLICADDown 8: Pretty ordinary, yet oddly mourned, painterMUNDANEDDown 14: Dated lover allowing no room to moveSTALEMATEDDown 16: Bound to cover slip, if alarmedTERRIFIEDDDown 17: Tart with desire to embrace Egyptian poisonerWASPISHDDown 18: Online discussion of weak setting for Bach variationWEBCHATDDown 20: Those people stand over timeless recommendations for players' problemTHEYIPSDDown 21: Holds in custody having broken up arms denREMANDSDDown 23: Argument about learner having crashed by the sound of itSPLATDDown 24: Leading counsel hopeful as suit enters courtCHASE