The Guardian Speedy Answers

Sunday, 22nd February 2015

There are 12 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 22nd February 2015. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Of a US state bounded by the Appalachians to the east and the Ohio River to the west
AAcross 8:	Inhabitants of the Upper Nile originally	NUBIANS
AAcross 9:	Chattering cousin of a cockatoo
AAcross 10:	Two singers performing together
AAcross 11:	Place in Hades, according to Homer, where the wicked are punished
AAcross 13:	Persian god of light (variant spelling)
AAcross 14:	Italian grape brandy
AAcross 17:	Office that involves minimal duties
AAcross 19:	Gulf war missile
AAcross 21:	Unexpected sports outcome
AAcross 22:	Harmful
AAcross 24:	Wind up	BRINGTOACLOSE
DDown 1:	Blanched
DDown 2:	Expose; field of study
DDown 3:	Small bottle used for medicines, laboratory work, etc
DDown 4:	Scallywag
DDown 5:	Irate mum? (anag)
DDown 6:	Lay oneself open to
DDown 7:	Booth, kiosk or counter for the purveying of magazines and papers
DDown 10:	Anticlimax	DAMPSQUIB
DDown 12:	Cost of a project, perhaps
DDown 15:	Instrument of the flute family
DDown 16:	Unbroken mustang
DDown 18:	One born in the US of Japanese emigre parents
DDown 20:	Blue-white metallic element, atomic number 30
DDown 23:	Perception