The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 5th December 2022 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 5th December 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Clubs worker's sacked, caught breaking bottle openerCORKSCREWAAcross 6: Natural gemstones not right for ringsPEALSAAcross 9: Detective managed to retire without getting to rock bottomNADIRAAcross 10: Carpeting tripped tot heading off toddling insideTALKING TOAAcross 11: Dislikes trapping poor mouse for co-residentsHOUSEMATESAAcross 12: Wally's quick rejoinder partly backfiredJERKAAcross 14: Large number of British having trouble at home with nothing coming inBILLIONAAcross 15: So distant up to nowTHUS FARAAcross 17: Let's go travelling, tour's beginning on your bikeGETLOSTAAcross 19: Almost everything eaten by sea creature's foul!SQUALIDAAcross 20: Thin line moving between English and American styleELANAAcross 22: Team weakens, stuffed with southern hotel's extra foodSIDEDISHESAAcross 25: One with no hope of French act winningDEFEATISTAAcross 26: Letter from Greece is first of hundreds in Tate collectionTHETAAAcross 27: Hang around with dopehead's mateDALLYAAcross 28: Endure, long after date that's absolutely finalLAST-DITCHDDown 1: Church gathering incorporated piece of cakeCINCHDDown 2: Redo short haircut for swimmerRED MULLETDDown 3: Film star rocks party, wearing nothingSCREENIDOLDDown 4: Teach new skills onlineRETRAINDDown 5: Most desolate quarter has listed buildingWILDESTDDown 6: Brace for party leader broadcastPAIRDDown 7: Regular guest is host for debateARGUEDDown 8: Day before American artist's retrospective, it's blockedSNOOKEREDDDown 13: Indulged by wearing uniforms I'd later bother keepingLUXURIATEDDDown 14: Falsely superior large loaf has seeds occasionallyBIGHEADEDDDown 16: The lift is out of order, being most dirtyFILTHIESTDDown 18: Time opponent's taken over me is not significantTRIVIALDDown 19: Detectives in violent tussle seizing drugSLEUTHSDDown 21: Terrible fellow you reportedly left after a weekAWFULDDown 23: Mum's quiet after son in car accidentSMASHDDown 24: Rejected new street map that's variable and eccentricZANY