The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 1st May 2023 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 1st May 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Lever caught with things in line by counterCROWBARAAcross 5: Model on holiday has to leave hurriedlyMAKE OFFAAcross 10: See person holding back fencing swordEPEEAAcross 11: A couple object to such a fruitGOOSEBERRYAAcross 12: Filter list I'd assembledDISTILAAcross 13: Least costly copy held in strong boxCHEAPESTAAcross 14: Artistic work secures a place firstly in churchLANDSCAPEAAcross 16: Risk with director departing in furyANGERAAcross 17: Son gets bite in tiny spotSPECKAAcross 19: Same motor working in place generating heat?STEAM ROOMAAcross 23: Recall top independent male that's civilised and hard workingDILIGENTAAcross 24: Central part of idea by deputy for contrivanceDEVICEAAcross 26: Mystification shown by a pair of fellows among British lot missing a leaderBAFFLEMENTAAcross 27: Hot drink taken by king in woodTEAKAAcross 28: One on two wheels in Cyprus, not a top celebrity!CYCLISTAAcross 29: Pair avoid introduction to a workPRELUDEDDown 2: Antiquated type keeping page and a duplicateREPLICADDown 3: Western hotel with varied tea and cerealWHEATDDown 4: A good priest in North Carolina having shining virtue?ANGELICDDown 6: Woman who was first among everyone to get educational qualificationA LEVELDDown 7: Mention of first person, one topping the order? That's a surprise!EYE OPENERDDown 7: Mention of first person, one topping the order? That's a surprise!EYEOPENERDDown 8: Envision hostile figure penning note on Kent regionFORESEEDDown 9: Coaches opt out after mobilising lazy typesCOUCHPOTATOESDDown 15: Retrograde journalist cut file into pieces, being dishonestDECEITFULDDown 18: Leading priest, one with Joseph's partnerPRIMARYDDown 20: Accounts examiner said in France to be captivated by gold in different formsAUDITORDDown 21: Children between old river and a road to source of fruit?ORCHARDDDown 22: Small space in building in which a court of law is absentRECESSDDown 25: Key volume on much of Mediterranean countryVITAL