The Guardian Quiptic Answers

Monday, 5th January 2004

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 5th January 2004. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Give the fellow a note
AAcross 4:	Major, for example, lost right to position of power
AAcross 9:	Slight incoherence in speech
AAcross 10:	Wine is difficult in rocky canyon
AAcross 11:	Hold up means I'm deep in trouble
AAcross 12:	Happy Conservative getting Howard's first tirade, by the sound of it!
AAcross 13:	Dream of rippling seas with faint movement
AAcross 15:	Single attempt at working with the church
AAcross 16:	First soldier has to move the window frame
AAcross 17:	A Liberal turnaround, later changed, affecting the two parties
AAcross 21:	Bush arrived with everyone back in Iraq initially
AAcross 22:	Having a devilish split
AAcross 24:	Rendell's US novel provides a loss leader
AAcross 25:	Dash out of Laurel and Hardy film
AAcross 26:	Stay outside or go
AAcross 27:	Land for housing?
DDown 1:	Lift cover on novel predicament
DDown 2:	Just coming back across the river requires courage
DDown 3:	Rights of entry into woodlands not hard?
DDown 5:	Gifted characters act nervously
DDown 6:	Lack of knowledge about canoeing around the river
DDown 7:	Asylum seeker
DDown 8:	Bitterly Arctic manoeuvres involving SAS colleague
DDown 14:	To try a smaller portion is vulgar
DDown 16:	Tool needed for making a bridge?
DDown 18:	Current charges for what a solicitor does?
DDown 19:	Mean to admit how old one is
DDown 20:	More oppressive? Not so far
DDown 23:	Greek character returns a stone ring