The Guardian Quick Answers - Thursday, 28th October 2021 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Thursday, 28th October 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Liquid disinfectantBLEACHAAcross 4: Grassy plainsPAMPASAAcross 9: Hooray!WHOOPEEAAcross 10: SustainINCURAAcross 11: Expression of hesitant agreement (informal)UHHUHAAcross 12: HithertoTHUS FARAAcross 13: Exercise from a standing position and back, spreading arms and legsJUMPING JACKAAcross 18: MarksmanSHOOTERAAcross 20: Engraving in low relief on a brooch or stoneCAMEOAAcross 22: Oscar Wilde thought that this was 'something wasted on the stupid'IRONYAAcross 23: Small west European countryANDORRAAAcross 24: State of great confusionMAYHEMAAcross 25: Bandage upSWATHEDDown 1: Resign (with reputation intact?)BOW OUTDDown 2: Noteworthy periodEPOCHDDown 3: Police station (informal)COPSHOPDDown 5: GoodbyeADIEUDDown 6: Calm — oceanPACIFICDDown 7: French existential philosopher and Simone de Beauvoir's partner, d. 1980SARTREDDown 8: Person living beyond their hundredth birthdayCENTENARIANDDown 14: Study of other-worldly sightingsUFOLOGYDDown 15: Corvine creatureJACKDAWDDown 16: Heaviest known metal, OsOSMIUMDDown 17: SenilityDOTAGEDDown 19: 'I know a bank where the wild ___ blows' (Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream)THYMEDDown 21: Deserve — virtueMERIT