The Guardian Speedy Answers

Sunday, 2nd February 2020

There are 10 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 2nd February 2020. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Face up to an unpalatable fact or situation	BITETHEBULLET
AAcross 8:	Non-insurability clause, a result of natural forces
AAcross 9:	Affirm; allege as fact
AAcross 10:	Warm; good-natured
AAcross 12:	Bird, the black Corvus corax
AAcross 14:	Group of eight
AAcross 16:	Waterfall: gush
AAcross 19:	Stronghold, redoubt
AAcross 20:	Drive off; send to Coventry
AAcross 22:	Charlemagne's northern capital
DDown 1:	45, eg?
DDown 2:	Capital of Liguria (modern Italian spelling)
DDown 3:	Marc ------- (1887-1985), Russian-born French artist
DDown 4:	Domicile
DDown 5:	Czech name for the Moldau river, immortalised by Smetana	VLTAVA
DDown 6:	Title of respect for a clergyman
DDown 11:	Consider as relevant when making a decision; add to the mix
DDown 13:	Brutish uncouth character in Shakespeare's The Tempest	CALIBAN
DDown 15:	Fifth-century Hun, the scourge of the Roman Empire
DDown 17:	Pass on; transport
DDown 18:	Servilius -----, senator co-assassin of Julius Caesar	CASCA
DDown 21:	Softest geological substance in Mohs scale of hardness