The Guardian Speedy Answers

Sunday, 2nd January 2022

There are 11 across clues and 11 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 2nd January 2022. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Takes the blame	CARRIESTHECAN
AAcross 8:	Ancient; obsolete
AAcross 9:	One related by marriage
AAcross 10:	Name for the series of arid plateaux occurring in parts of South Africa
AAcross 11:	Italian Renaissance poet	ARIOSTO
AAcross 12:	Withdraw into an inconspicuous or subordinate position	TAKEABACKSEAT
AAcross 15:	Anecdotes illustrating a moral
AAcross 17:	At all, in dialect; by any manner
AAcross 19:	Socket on a golf club head into which the shaft is fitted
AAcross 20:	Name differently
AAcross 21:	Forced to retire (esp a racehorse)	PUTOUTTOGRASS
DDown 1:	Enforces one's authority by coming down hard	CRACKSTHEWHIP
DDown 2:	Come again; happen once more
DDown 3:	------- Duncan, experimental dancer and early feminist	ISADORA
DDown 4:	Extremely disappointed; thoroughly fed- up	SICKASAPARROT
DDown 5:	One half of the island of Hispaniola
DDown 6:	Holm, the actress; Marie, the mysterious vessel
DDown 7:	Name given to Australia when colonised in 1788
DDown 13:	Israeli parliament
DDown 14:	Ruler in a fable who has a peaceful reign, but never asserts himself	KINGLOG
DDown 16:	Indian dish based on superior rice
DDown 18:	Legendary Viking king with links to Ivarr the Boneless (variant spelling)	HUBBA