The Guardian Quick Answers - Wednesday, 15th October 2003 There are 13 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Wednesday, 15th October 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tendency to infidelitySEVENYEARITCHAAcross 8: Something eliciting distasteTURN OFFAAcross 8: Something eliciting distasteTURNOFFAAcross 9: Small crustaceanPRAWNAAcross 10: Meat - complaintBEEFAAcross 11: ChastityCELIBACYAAcross 13: Secretion that can impair hearingEARWAXAAcross 14: Panda's staple dietBAMBOOAAcross 17: German airshipZEPPELINAAcross 19: Utter while sobbingBLUBAAcross 21: Asian tree, whose nuts and leaves are chewed as a narcoticBETELAAcross 22: PerukePERIWIGAAcross 24: Marks gained for good behaviourBROWNIEPOINTSDDown 1: Place - become rigid - adjust - group of tennis games - fixed - clique - fall beneath the horizonSETDDown 2: Dutch painter, 1673-75VERMEERDDown 3: MiddayNOONDDown 4: Creator of a Paris landmark, built in 1889EIFFELDDown 5: Act of retaliationREPRISALDDown 6: Small crownTIARADDown 7: Natural formation of hexagonsHONEYCOMBDDown 10: Old NickBEELZEBUBDDown 12: Portuguese navigator, killed 1521MAGELLANDDown 15: British PM three times between WWI and WWIIBALDWINDDown 16: Indentation on the chinDIMPLEDDown 18: Paved area alongside a housePATIODDown 20: LivelinessBRIODDown 23: VapourGAS