The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 21st August 2023 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 21st August 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quiptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Gets on to bosses' groupsBOARDSAAcross 4: Admiral? Be nice initially and gesture respectBENBOWAAcross 9: Retain castle's featureKEEPAAcross 10: Church singers show off their crossCHORISTERSAAcross 11: Money found on street or beach?STRANDAAcross 12: Essential truth found in mad and unpleasant placeNUTSHELLAAcross 13: Belittle Ted in gear that's unconventionalDENIGRATEAAcross 15: One pound for some tobaccoQUIDAAcross 16: One dad or two?PAPAAAcross 17: Protection round the Queen once showing respectDEFERENCEAAcross 21: Norma let loose in Canadian cityMONTREALAAcross 22: Sailor's appraisalRATINGAAcross 24: A celebrant improvised a place of worshipTABERNACLEAAcross 25: Observed No 5 dropping outSEENAAcross 26: Total set of books held in IrelandENTIREAAcross 27: Where cobbler would work finallyAT LASTDDown 1: The bear is shot — it will do this no moreBREATHEDDown 2: Leading character getting top gradeALPHADDown 3: Journalist turning up with drink for critical game?DECIDERDDown 5: Orders English dictionary — first requirement for solverEDICTSDDown 6: Dwelling in Somerset city — a building with water facilitiesBATHHOUSEDDown 7: Sang in hostilities, having suffered injury?WARBLEDDDown 8: Going in a circle at all timesROUND-THE-CLOCKDDown 14: Job wasn't apt in time to changeIMPATIENTDDown 16: Support a new source of energy — it's a gasPROPANEDDown 18: Serious listener gets a cosy spot?EARNESTDDown 19: Agreement to provide musical eventCONCERTDDown 20: Nasty men are becoming nastierMEANERDDown 23: Physics unit in graduate's laboratoryTESLA