The Guardian Quick Answers - Friday, 15th November 2013 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Friday, 15th November 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Shoot up abruptlySKYROCKETAAcross 8: Chestnut or elm?TREEAAcross 9: Past scene inserted into a film's chronologyFLASH BACKAAcross 9: Past scene inserted into a film's chronologyFLASHBACKAAcross 10: (Whispered) may I have your attention?PSSTAAcross 13: Marketing textBLURBAAcross 15: CommercialADVERTAAcross 16: Chinese islandTAIWANAAcross 17: HomespunFOLKSYAAcross 19: Person who nets the ballSCORERAAcross 20: With weightHEFTYAAcross 21: BootySWAGAAcross 24: Old musketFLINTLOCKAAcross 25: Flightless birdsEMUSAAcross 26: Wet crones (anag)SWEET CORNAAcross 26: Wet crones (anag)SWEETCORNDDown 2: Tartan garmentKILTDDown 3: Over-hastyRASHDDown 4: Hard ferromagnetic element, CoCOBALTDDown 5: Person accompanying anotherESCORTDDown 6: One of these, first published December 1913 …CROSSWORDDDown 7: … so celebrating this next monthCENTENARYDDown 11: ClumsyHAM-FISTEDDDown 12: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and YaleIVY LEAGUEDDown 13: Cocky and tactlessBRASHDDown 14: Smoker's leaves (in short)BACCYDDown 18: Primrose-colouredYELLOWDDown 19: Position takenSTANCEDDown 22: Allied group of countriesBLOCDDown 23: Evidence of a past injury?SCAR