The Guardian Quick Answers - Friday, 14th August 2009 There are 24 across clues and 24 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Friday, 14th August 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: FeebleWEAKAAcross 1: Dog to follow trailBLOODHOUNDAAcross 3: LikelyPROBABLEAAcross 7: ExtendPROTRACTAAcross 8: Hard bread given to babiesRUSKAAcross 8: AlterVARYAAcross 9: Person or object that makes something betterENHANCERAAcross 9: (Little) jumpsHOPSAAcross 10: MarriageWEDLOCKAAcross 11: (Now privatised) public utility — urinary system — tears!WATERWORKSAAcross 12: Part of speech — astronomical coincidenceCONJUNCTIONAAcross 14: Fruit — part of the spectrumORANGEAAcross 14: Weird — irregularOFFBEATAAcross 15: Scene of lying in waitAMBUSHAAcross 16: Long storyEPICAAcross 17: Illumination on postSTREET LAMPAAcross 17: Illumination on postSTREETLAMPAAcross 19: Plant with seed in podBEANAAcross 20: Familiar appellationNICKNAMEAAcross 20: Dog used as guard — bond mare (anag)DOBERMANAAcross 21: See 6BONEAAcross 21: Dog used as guard — let wire rot (anag)ROTTWEILERAAcross 22: Like the heart of a liberal?BLEEDINGAAcross 23: Went fastSPEDDDown 1: (Plant used for) absintheWORMWOODDDown 1: Tree (for corporal punishment?)BIRCHDDown 2: Dog (from French border region?)ALSATIANDDown 2: Resting place for trekkers (and their oxen!)OUTSPANDDown 3: Act of businessDEALDDown 4: HaphazardRANDOMDDown 4: Finding and helping people in needOUTREACHDDown 5: Worker in forgeBLACKSMITHDDown 5: Relating to shipsNAVALDDown 6: SpineBACKDDown 6: Welsh town (with beacons)BRECONDDown 7: Old Testament book and priestEZRADDown 10: AfraidFRIGHTENEDDDown 11: Opera by PucciniTURANDOTDDown 12: Circle of wood used in danceHULA-HOOPDDown 12: Drink from 19sCOFFEEDDown 13: See 16SHEPHERDDDown 13: Dangerously placedINPERILDDown 15: Housey-houseyBINGODDown 16: Proper name for 2GERMANDDown 17: SeatCHAIRDDown 18: ProtuberanceKNOBDDown 18: CleverABLEDDown 19: Measure of landACRE