The Guardian Speedy Answers

Sunday, 21st January 2018

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 21st January 2018. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Starting place on race track, racing circuit, etc, on the inside at the front
AAcross 3:	See 1
AAcross 9:	Internal whorl of a flower
AAcross 10:	Loquacious
AAcross 11:	Style of painting having an illusion of movement
AAcross 12:	British composer of German birth, the 'father of the oratorio'
AAcross 14:	Companion: train
AAcross 16:	Apparition; phantom
AAcross 19:	Breed of rabbit or cat, the former name for the Turkish capital
AAcross 21:	Legal capital and former monetary unit of Bolivia
AAcross 24:	Mexican mud and straw brick, and the hut made of it
AAcross 25:	Entreat, implore
AAcross 26:	Popular sauce used in Chinese cuisine	SWEETAND
AAcross 27:	See 26
DDown 1:	Prepare for imminent departure; leave home, a job, etc	PACKONES
DDown 2:	Federico Garcia -----, poet assassinated in the Spanish Civil War
DDown 4:	Edible spinach-like plant of the genus Atriplex that thrives in arid areas
DDown 5:	One from Des Moines...
DDown 6:	...and one from Jaffa
DDown 7:	Those that oppose a motion in Parliament
DDown 8:	Historic Irish province; heavy overcoat
DDown 13:	Person or machine that cuts grass, wheat, etc
DDown 15:	Express sympathy or sorrow
DDown 17:	Check; withstand
DDown 18:	------ copy: exact image; clone
DDown 20:	For all to see
DDown 22:	Words to live by; belief
DDown 23:	See 1