The Guardian Quick Answers - Wednesday, 8th June 2022 There are 12 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Wednesday, 8th June 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Having a pattern of dotsSTIPPLEDAAcross 5: Lively energy (informal)ZINGAAcross 9: Specific task that must be done regularlyCHOREAAcross 10: Ticket to ride?BUSPASSAAcross 11: One's close relativesFAMILY CIRCLEAAcross 13: Old nickname for a policeman (taken from the Home Secretary who set up the Metropolitan Police in 1829)PEELERAAcross 14: Fictional sleuth, Jane ___MARPLEAAcross 17: Large sofa with padded arms and backCHESTERFIELDAAcross 20: Quickly listREEL OFFAAcross 21: Someone against development in their own areaNIMBYAAcross 22: A tiny speckMOTEAAcross 23: Openly shownEXPLICITDDown 1: Hit — item of clothingSOCKDDown 2: Put into quarantineISOLATEDDown 3: Penchant (for) — decrepit lino (anag)PREDILECTIONDDown 4: (Of a coastline) shuts in — my base (anag)EMBAYSDDown 6: ___ Newton, physicist, mathematician, alchemist, d. 1727ISAACDDown 7: It measures fuel consumptionGAS METERDDown 8: Aiming to go up in the worldASPIRATIONALDDown 12: Band of colours, as seen in a rainbowSPECTRUMDDown 15: Strong spoken or written attack on a person or ideaPOLEMICDDown 16: Anti- or auto-, for examplePREFIXDDown 18: What happens at a given time or placeEVENTDDown 19: Abnormal sac in the body containing liquidCYST