The Guardian Quick Answers - Tuesday, 6th November 2012 There are 13 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Tuesday, 6th November 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cause to get stuck (in soft mud?)MIREAAcross 3: Branch of maths dealing with differentiation and integrationCALCULUSAAcross 8: ObjectITEMAAcross 9: Horses' eyeshades?BLINKERSAAcross 11: Irrefutable evidence (of a shooting?)SMOKING GUNAAcross 14: Drug with an opium baseOPIATEAAcross 15: Collection of star systems (made of chocolate?)GALAXYAAcross 17: Grossly unconventionalOFF-THE-WALLAAcross 20: Plant with showy flowers — fax to lad (anag)TOADFLAXAAcross 21: Kind of catMANXAAcross 22: Homeless felineALLEY CATAAcross 22: Homeless felineALLEYCATAAcross 23: Female opera starDIVADDown 1: Leaflet sent to a large group at the same timeMAILSHOTDDown 2: Bombast — speechcraftRHETORICDDown 4: Aver — maintainALLEGEDDown 5: (In grammar) inflected a verb systematically — do get Cajun (anag)CONJUGATEDDDown 6: Art song — told porkiesLIEDDDown 7: Ribbon worn over the shoulderSASHDDown 10: Evenly dividedFIFTY-FIFTYDDown 12: Exotic Dutch dancer, executed by the French as a German, 1917MATA HARIDDown 13: Word blindnessDYSLEXIADDown 16: LayersSTRATADDown 18: (In Ancient Greece) walkway with a roof supported by colonnadesSTOADDown 19: Round objectBALL