The Guardian Quick Answers

Wednesday, 20th September 2023

There are 12 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Wednesday, 20th September 2023. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	2012 musical film set in France, starring Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter	LESMISERABLES
AAcross 8:	Vehicle for hire
AAcross 9:	Mixer for gin
AAcross 10:	Old-fashioned exclamation of exultation or surprise
AAcross 11:	Words which look similar but sound different
AAcross 13:	Casting a ballot
AAcross 14:	Kind of acid — coming from ants
AAcross 17:	Goal for AA members?
AAcross 19:	Attract
AAcross 21:	Beatle on drums	RINGO
AAcross 22:	Attribute
AAcross 24:	Victorian bicycle	PENNYFARTHING
DDown 1:	Fate
DDown 2:	Navigator's implement
DDown 3:	Former Machu Picchu inhabitant
DDown 4:	Fertilised human egg
DDown 5:	Prior
DDown 6:	Tall and thin
DDown 7:	Person or thing immune to criticism
DDown 10:	Listen in without the speaker knowing
DDown 12:	A blood protein produced by one's immune system to neutralise harmful foreign substances
DDown 15:	James Bond's drink of choice
DDown 16:	Layers
DDown 18:	Source of old West African metal plaques and statues, many still held in the British Museum
DDown 20:	Kind of jazz singing
DDown 23:	It's very embarrassing to have this on one's face