The Guardian Quick Answers

Friday, 9th March 2012

There are 12 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Friday, 9th March 2012. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Star of Rain Man and Midnight Cowboy
AAcross 8:	Variety of small cucumber
AAcross 9:	Rigid
AAcross 10:	Position
AAcross 11:	Creative skill learned by study and practice
AAcross 13:	Order prohibiting outside activities after a given time
AAcross 14:	Pampas cowboy
AAcross 17:	Number of holes on a golf course
AAcross 19:	Scapula, radius or tibia?
AAcross 21:	(In mathematics) the reciprocal of sine (abbr)
AAcross 22:	Ability to sustain prolonged effort
AAcross 24:	Extinct shaggy-coated animal of the northern hemisphere
DDown 1:	Excavate — enjoy
DDown 2:	Jumper
DDown 3:	Rotten — unpleasantly gooey
DDown 4:	Scottish footballer, Colin, b. 1965 — Scottish snooker player, Stephen, b. 1969	HENDRY
DDown 5:	Gala
DDown 6:	Damp
DDown 7:	Airspace in which (military) planes are forbidden	NOFLYZONE
DDown 10:	Something held to be above criticism
DDown 12:	Straight up
DDown 15:	Spicy Spanish pork sausage
DDown 16:	Cargo deliberately thrown overboard to lighten ship
DDown 18:	Useful (but unspecified) device
DDown 20:	Wound and permanently disfigure
DDown 23:	Fire remains