The Guardian Speedy Answers

Sunday, 16th August 2020

There are 11 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 16th August 2020. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Remove everything surplus to prepare for action	CLEARTHEDECKS
AAcross 8:	Mad pilot? (anag)
AAcross 9:	Latin dance
AAcross 10:	Twiddled one's thumbs
AAcross 11:	Spanish wine punch
AAcross 12:	Humbly ask for a favour	GOCAPINHAND
AAcross 17:	Relating to, or associated with, heat
AAcross 19:	Robert ----- Marley: Jamaican singer-songwriter	NESTA
AAcross 21:	Outstanding: displaying great dignity
AAcross 22:	Eccentric; quirky
AAcross 23:	Manufacturing production apparatuses	ASSEMBLYLINES
DDown 1:	Golfer's major-domo
DDown 2:	Banish; discharge
DDown 3:	Welsh valley whose coal 'fuelled the Royal Navy'	RHONDDA
DDown 4:	People will be sacked or disgraced	HEADSWILLROLL
DDown 5:	Fallen angel
DDown 6:	21st century UK Prime Minister	CAMERON
DDown 7:	Distinctive watchword or motto
DDown 13:	Demanding; burdensome
DDown 14:	Person, animal or task that is difficult to manage
DDown 15:	Bliss; paradise
DDown 16:	Thorny desert plant
DDown 18:	Device that connects computers by a phone line
DDown 20:	Back of a marine vessel