The Guardian Quick Answers - Tuesday, 22nd October 2019 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Tuesday, 22nd October 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: OvercastCLOUDYAAcross 4: German dramatist and poet who wrote The Threepenny Opera, d.1956BRECHTAAcross 9: Knock downRUN OVERAAcross 9: Knock downRUNOVERAAcross 10: Climbing plant of the pea family, cultivated as fodderVETCHAAcross 11: FaultERRORAAcross 12: Dashing and debonair young manGALLANTAAcross 13: Regular failure to turn up for workABSENTEEISMAAcross 18: Ceremonially impureUNCLEANAAcross 20: Tree of the birch familyALDERAAcross 22: Immature form of an insect before metamorphosisLARVAAAcross 23: Flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixtureNAPHTHAAAcross 24: Highly motivatedDRIVENAAcross 25: Committed to memoryLEARNTDDown 1: Large wader of the sandpiper familyCURLEWDDown 2: PossessorOWNERDDown 3: VariedDIVERSEDDown 5: Bolero composer, d. 1937RAVELDDown 6: Short curved naval swordCUTLASSDDown 7: South Pacific island where both Robert Louis Stevenson and Paul Gauguin spent timeTAHITIDDown 8: Causing alarmFRIGHTENINGDDown 14: White rum, first produced in CubaBACARDIDDown 15: SpecimenEXAMPLEDDown 16: Greek mathematician, d. mid-3rd century BCEUCLIDDDown 17: Out-and-outARRANTDDown 19: Fill with high spiritsELATEDDown 21: DiscourageDETER