The Guardian Quick Answers

Saturday, 13th May 2023

There are 13 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Saturday, 13th May 2023. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Martial art
AAcross 4:	Clear and bright
AAcross 8:	Not as many
AAcross 9:	Small vegetable, pickled whole
AAcross 10:	State of heightened activity
AAcross 11:	Iconic mental representation (sometimes spitting?)
AAcross 12:	Excessively critical person
AAcross 17:	Manufacturer
AAcross 19:	To be played quickly and with liveliness
AAcross 21:	Merciful — net line (anag)
AAcross 22:	Adjust a little bit
AAcross 23:	To tape (anag)
AAcross 24:	Elegant and formal
DDown 1:	Garment with sleeves reaching down to the ankles, worn by men in the Middle East
DDown 2:	Stevenage, Crawley or Hatfield, for example
DDown 3:	School classes
DDown 5:	Pointed tool (which killed Trotsky)
DDown 5:	Pointed tool (which killed Trotsky)
DDown 6:	Indian word for proper or genuine
DDown 7:	US Democrat Party symbol
DDown 9:	Gad about
DDown 13:	Underwater weapon
DDown 14:	Go backwards
DDown 15:	Talisman
DDown 16:	Game played with sticks
DDown 18:	African country, independent since 1963, with Swahili and English as its official languages
DDown 20:	Afterwards