The Guardian Quick Answers

Tuesday, 9th December 2014

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Tuesday, 9th December 2014. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Fasten — flee
AAcross 3:	Astronaut
AAcross 9:	Type of rice
AAcross 10:	Kind of letter of the alphabet
AAcross 11:	Stream
AAcross 12:	Flowering spike hanging from willow and hazel
AAcross 14:	Black-and-white wading bird with stout legs and bill
AAcross 14:	Black-and-white wading bird with stout legs and bill
AAcross 17:	Light midday meal in India
AAcross 19:	Puppy— young wolf
AAcross 22:	Fruit (which is proverbially "the answer")
AAcross 23:	Paper folding
AAcross 24:	Quality of male with high sex drive
AAcross 25:	Proofreader's mark that the original text should be kept
DDown 1:	Sharp increase in population — the bulge
DDown 2:	Cow catcher
DDown 4:	Albert was one once
DDown 5:	Crave for what someone else has
DDown 6:	Insincerely emotional
DDown 7:	Invalid
DDown 8:	Squawk shrilly like a hen
DDown 13:	Holy man of very few words!
DDown 15:	Glisten (on water?)
DDown 16:	Urban type
DDown 18:	Last match in a competition
DDown 20:	Honour — raise up
DDown 21:	One coming from Eastern Europe or Asian Russia