The Guardian Quick Answers - Saturday, 24th May 2014 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Saturday, 24th May 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Exact reproductionFACSIMILEAAcross 8: Illegitimate tackleFOULAAcross 9: Dish of meat served in a thick white sauceFRICASSEEAAcross 10: Charon's 26 carried dead souls across this riverSTYXAAcross 13: Famous person (abbr)CELEBAAcross 15: Long rope with a noose at the endLARIATAAcross 16: Knocking soundRAT-TATAAcross 17: Russian physiologist who first observed "conditioned responses"PAVLOVAAcross 19: Member of a UK political party (abbr)LIBDEMAAcross 20: Final tallyTOTALAAcross 21: Trumpet-shaped flowering plantLILYAAcross 24: Anthony Hope's imagined central European kingdomRURITANIAAAcross 25: Mention favourably — stopperPLUGAAcross 26: Charon's river craft?FERRYBOATDDown 2: Light and insubstantialAIRYDDown 3: Very short stocking?SOCKDDown 4: Old firearmMUSKETDDown 5: German songsLIEDERDDown 6: Mental and emotional strengthFORTITUDEDDown 7: System of adaptable working hoursFLEXITIMEDDown 11: Summer shoesFLIPFLOPSDDown 12: TrivialFRIVOLOUSDDown 13: Name of two Italian navigator-explorers of the New World, father John and son SebastianCABOTDDown 14: Herb (from Fawlty Towers?)BASILDDown 18: BookVOLUMEDDown 19: More like a couch potatoLAZIERDDown 22: Aggressive remark intended to have a telling effectBARBDDown 23: City in TuscanyPISA