The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 23rd March 2020 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 23rd March 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Superficial type replaces wife during lotterySKIN-DEEPAAcross 6: Congested excavation channel turned overTURGIDAAcross 9: Journalist perhaps gets server to pull article for recipeWRITERAAcross 10: Defence is behind in concrete caseREBUTTALAAcross 11: Intend storing heroin in craft for nowMEANWHILEAAcross 13: It's light and carried for loveTORCHAAcross 15: Start filming battleACTIONAAcross 17: Nice lady using first name to interrupt meMADAMEAAcross 18: Brace before lift-off? To a degree, perhaps (3:3)TWOONEAAcross 19: What's at stake restrains whistleblower; that's very sadBEREFTAAcross 21: Small crowd get lostSCRAMAAcross 22: Obliged to make tax limitedDUTY-BOUNDAAcross 25: In truth, life is complicated — this makes it look betterFACE-LIFTAAcross 25: In truth, life is complicated — this makes it look betterFACELIFTAAcross 26: Bureau sounding out new college after some timeAGENCYAAcross 28: Expert made errors with central piecesADROITAAcross 29: Pet adder gone astray — it happened earlierPREDATEDDDown 2: Drink starts to kick in rapidlyKIRDDown 3: Idea lacking information? Either way it's unacceptableNOTONDDown 4: Coming to this planet and unable to leave itEARTHBOUNDDDown 5: Function without latitude to some extentPARTLYDDown 6: Do spies keep them behind bars for drinking?TABSDDown 7: Reason for relationship having spirit returnedRATIONALEDDown 8: Surprisingly, Nato win case to get scientistISAAC NEWTONDDown 12: Blade cast in fragments can be a flexible thingELASTIC BANDDDown 14: Checkout times suit individual circumstancesCASE-BY-CASEDDown 16: Fancy art deco from middle area of ParisTROCADERODDown 20: Locate stand-in turning up in rowBUST-UPDDown 23: Prepare popular backing section for classical musicOPERADDown 24: Lost without commercial breakRIFTDDown 27: Hint — what you're reading is missing lineCUE