The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 26th August 2019 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 26th August 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Terrible cheat to get about 10,000 square metresHECTAREAAcross 5: Old instrument is still on fireSACKBUTAAcross 9: Check literature about married setterLIMITAAcross 10: Checked security after Irishman went roundPATROLLEDAAcross 11: Side returned after mistake with apparently harmless objectBOOBY TRAPAAcross 12: Time for a magic formulaSPELLAAcross 13: Beginning to tie 18 with stringTWINEAAcross 15: Head coach wasting time with something requiring little mental effortNO-BRAINERAAcross 18: Drink fermented in iron potPINOT NOIRAAcross 19: Doctors operating to save body partTORSOAAcross 21: Queen wearing dress got largerGROWNAAcross 23: Biological building blocks stop oxygen being withdrawn from instrumentsSTEMCELLSAAcross 25: Nick not allowed in audition with group of musiciansSTEEL BANDAAcross 26: Priest stood up to deliver dull discoursePROSEAAcross 27: Object of much discussion caught in shoeSCANDALAAcross 28: Sieves through mysteriesRIDDLESDDown 1: Fish skipping bail in basic accommodationHALIBUTDDown 2: Disturbance caused by vulgar cover for books on islandCOMMOTIONDDown 3: Anxious participation in Protestant synodANTSYDDown 4: Ten operas translated into language that's artificialESPERANTODDown 5: Erected frameSET UPDDown 5: Erected frameSETUPDDown 6: Annoyed about one bug found in French rollCROISSANTDDown 7: Busy individual penning lines for beautiful womanBELLEDDown 8: Duke told off Queen's small childTODDLERDDown 14: Ten exotic fish originally destined to be caught up in a netENTANGLEDDDown 16: Trade admitting death of drink providerBARTENDERDDown 17: Cat turning up across Loire after mixing ingredient for perfumierNEROLI OILDDown 18: Marker put over a South American constellationPEGASUSDDown 20: Soy sprinkled on short tailless shellfishOYSTERSDDown 22: Start without new artist in musical dramaOPERADDown 23: Wrap fruit in edges of sailSHAWLDDown 24: God presents trophy to fishCUPID