The Guardian Quick Answers - Tuesday, 31st March 2020 There are 25 across clues and 25 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Tuesday, 31st March 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Slit in the back of a jacketVENTAAcross 1: Almost impossible to comprehendMIND-BOGGLINGAAcross 3: ParticularSPECIFICAAcross 9: Reading standLECTERNAAcross 9: Logo — patternMOTIFAAcross 10: Plastic — recordsVINYLAAcross 10: Shipment from A to BTRANSITAAcross 11: NitwitTWERPAAcross 11: Deliberately have no contact withSHUNAAcross 12: ChickenYELLOWAAcross 12: Finnish capitalHELSINKIAAcross 14: A little tin god (anag) — small birdLONGTAILEDTITAAcross 14: Largest city in Syria before the massive damage of the civil warALEPPOAAcross 15: Cherry brandyKIRSCHAAcross 17: Middle Eastern languageARABICAAcross 18: Republican's US rivalDEMOCRATAAcross 19: Not so manyFEWERAAcross 20: Recognised leader in some fieldGURUAAcross 22: ___ Newton, English physicist, d. 1727ISAACAAcross 22: AdmonishREPROVEAAcross 23: UnfriendlinessILL WILLAAcross 23: Short coatTUNICAAcross 24: Evacuation — gardenia (anag)DRAINAGEAAcross 24: Swimming styleBREASTSTROKEAAcross 25: DressedCLADDDown 1: Liable to unpredictable changeVOLATILEDDown 2: Mother-of-pearlNACREDDown 2: Stick one's nose inINTRUDEDDown 3: Pudding — useless — Homer Simpson's kind of beerDUFFDDown 4: Unwillingness to spend moneyPENNY-PINCHINGDDown 4: StartOUTSETDDown 5: QuibbleCAVILDDown 5: Leather from nanny or billy?GOATSKINDDown 6: AscertainFIND OUTDDown 6: Author of The Master Builder, d. 1906IBSENDDown 7: Basic biological unitCELLDDown 7: Kind of financial proposal with no realistic chance of successGETRICHQUICKDDown 8: TyrantDESPOTDDown 8: Style of robbery through a broken display windowSMASHANDGRABDDown 13: Taken abackSTARTLEDDDown 13: Deceptively pleasingSPECIOUSDDown 15: Buddhists' transcendental stateNIRVANADDown 16: Surround completelyENFOLDDDown 16: Soviet satellite, launched 1957SPUTNIKDDown 17: Stroke gentlyCARESSDDown 18: Food that can be streakyBACONDDown 19: Tree providing Canada's national emblemMAPLEDDown 20: Turn round rapidlyWHIRLDDown 21: Pegged outDIEDDDown 21: A night light?STAR