The Guardian Quiptic AnswersMonday, 31st August 2015 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 31st August 2015. View the answers below.. All The Guardian Quiptic Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Matured during attempt to produce Hamlet, for exampleTRAGEDYAAcross 5: Litter born in outbuildingGARBAGEAAcross 10: Time flying saucer returned bland foodstuff?TOFUAAcross 11: Tout removing large household appliances from London storeSELFRIDGESAAcross 12: US port strangely in a state of inertiaSTUPORAAcross 13: Disease caught by clumsy Philistines?SYPHILISAAcross 14: Bar found by high ranking officials visiting lakeBRASSERIEAAcross 16: A shade of make upATONEAAcross 17: Stop the progress of wild boar next to front of tentABORTAAcross 19: Spice stains are messySTAR ANISEAAcross 23: Creature in farm building spinning laceBARNACLEAAcross 24: Fiery pit depicted in paintingARDENTAAcross 26: Grown up taking drug (speed), cut with inferior ingredientsADULTERATEAAcross 27: Body part involved in common ailmentNAILAAcross 28: Prim and proper priest getting a bit risqué?PRUDISHAAcross 29: Alice's first cup to get smallerATROPHYDDown 2: List of people employed to catch old chickenROOSTERDDown 3: Miserable character has good backsideGRUMPDDown 4: Editor rejected verse translation of warrantDESERVEDDown 6: Short article by brother put into circulationABRUPTDDown 7: Second rate paperwork not turning up in sportBADMINTONDDown 8: Grace in unusual style of classical architectureGRECIANDDown 9: Infant has help running project enjoying fleeting successFLASH IN THE PANDDown 15: Checked the progress of beginner in unfamiliar departmentSTRANGLEDDDown 18: So-called dividing line for resident scholarBOARDERDDown 20: Stand in for monarch swallowing a substance used by chemistsREAGENTDDown 21: Prepared sushi containing Newfoundland variety of black bassSUNFISHDDown 22: Prison officers detaining sailors in shipSCREWSDDown 25: Noise to suit dog?DINGO