The Guardian Quiptic Answers

Monday, 22nd May 2000

There are 13 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 22nd May 2000. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 5:	Compelled one to leave drive-in
AAcross 6:	Government measures
AAcross 9:	Egghead hunts round for respect
AAcross 10:	Leaves Bonn a sad mess
AAcross 11:	You almost start to grasp a Hindu system of philosophy
AAcross 12:	Say, not Thatcher's Sir Bernard seen in Midlands city!	NOTTINGHAM
AAcross 13:	Tickling breast: euphoria is said to follow!
AAcross 18:	Express in restrained terms, being less than articulate
AAcross 21:	Japan loses one, but gets English joke
AAcross 22:	The common people's music: a clue, perhaps
AAcross 23:	Stone alien spaceship
AAcross 24:	Sent first of suitors off with cool allure
AAcross 25:	Sadomasochism has pair tentatively hitting, initially without roughness
DDown 1:	Men of letter are low on alcohol: Royal Academy take note!
DDown 2:	Never mind where pests are hiding
DDown 3:	Person is, to a T, a "people person"
DDown 4:	Salt dosage is incorrect
DDown 4:	Salt dosage is incorrect
DDown 5:	Tyrant''s in Regimental HQ
DDown 7:	Speak about German conjunction for a period of 24 hours
DDown 8:	Perhaps Blair, partly dropping Left, gets advantage over moderate centre	PARTYLEADER
DDown 14:	Fashionable opinion, for example
DDown 15:	Someone conscientious in wartime, perhaps
DDown 16:	Introspectively , found oneself unaccomplished
DDown 17:	Faculty has to spend a penny in school
DDown 19:	Breaks out in purest mayhem
DDown 20:	Prue returns accepting honour for a Brussels politician	EUROMP