The Guardian Quick Answers - Saturday, 18th September 2021 There are 12 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Saturday, 18th September 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Recordings of popular songs (they're never original!)COVERVERSIONSAAcross 8: It goes with chicken (and bacon!)EGGAAcross 9: One engaged in mortal combat as entertainment in ancient RomeGLADIATORAAcross 10: Driving hazardPOTHOLESAAcross 11: Anglo-Saxon king (with a dyke?)OFFAAAcross 13: ___ Gray, young man pictured in Oscar Wilde's 1890 novellaDORIANAAcross 14: Fungal wood decayWETROTAAcross 16: Rise rapidlySOARAAcross 17: Put forwardADVANCEDAAcross 20: State of something subjected to very high temperaturesWHITE HEATAAcross 21: Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that hit Cuba and the US in August/SeptemberIDAAAcross 22: Irish author of Waiting for GodotSAMUEL BECKETTDDown 1: Not costlyCHEAPDDown 2: Diet adopted by Leo Tolstoy and George Bernard ShawVEGETARIANISMDDown 3: To do with a particular part of the countryREGIONALDDown 4: Part of a toothENAMELDDown 5: Read quicklySKIMDDown 6: Rusty — picture of a cot (anag)OUT OF PRACTICEDDown 7: RetainerSERVANTDDown 12: Relating to the meaning of wordsSEMANTICDDown 13: RepudiatesDISOWNSDDown 15: It describes how something is doneADVERBDDown 18: Rough initial version of a written workDRAFTDDown 19: Small, long-haired dog (abbr)PEKE