The Guardian Quick Answers - Tuesday, 4th December 2018 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Tuesday, 4th December 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ColdishCHILLYAAcross 4: ThrowsCHUCKSAAcross 8: UnwindRELAXAAcross 9: High chest of drawersTALLBOYAAcross 10: TympanumEARDRUMAAcross 11: With everything includedALL INAAcross 12: Kind of recession where a brief recovery is followed by a further fallDOUBLEDIPAAcross 17: Long-distance walkerHIKERAAcross 19: Self-contradictory statementPARADOXAAcross 21: Amazing eventMIRACLEAAcross 22: Hard kind of stone — Welsh town on the Dee estuaryFLINTAAcross 23: Minutes played in a football matchNINETYAAcross 24: Joining of businessesMERGERDDown 1: Firms operating together, illegallyCARTELDDown 2: Badly brought upILL-BREDDDown 3: Egyptian city on the east bank of the NileLUXORDDown 5: The NetherlandsHOLLANDDDown 6: Conspiring groupCABALDDown 7: MaximSAYINGDDown 9: Kind of cinematic technique for showing a slow process at an accelerated paceTIMELAPSEDDown 13: Dutch city where peace treaties were signed to end the 1701-14 War of the Spanish SuccessionUTRECHTDDown 14: SweetPUDDINGDDown 15: Medicine manSHAMANDDown 16: South-west English cityEXETERDDown 18: Holy book of IslamKORANDDown 20: Gun with a long barrelRIFLE