The Guardian Quick Answers - Tuesday, 2nd August 2022 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Tuesday, 2nd August 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Makes an abrupt and total reversal of policyFLIPFLOPSAAcross 8: Eat like a rodentGNAWAAcross 9: Hard grey-white metal, Zr, used in nuclear reactorsZIRCONIUMAAcross 10: A French fatherPEREAAcross 13: UsefulHANDYAAcross 15: Top order batsmanOPENERAAcross 16: LimberSUPPLEAAcross 17: Light-sensitive area at the back of the eyeballRETINAAAcross 19: Measured amount of medicine taken at any one timeDOSAGEAAcross 20: Colourless, odourless inert gas, Ar, used in some electric lightsARGONAAcross 21: That's gross!YUCKAAcross 24: Shoreline birdSANDPIPERAAcross 25: DiscourteousRUDEAAcross 26: The basics!BARE BONESAAcross 26: The basics!BAREBONESDDown 2: Private retreat to go to when wanting to get away from othersLAIRDDown 3: Eat like a birdPECKDDown 4: Progressing sequentiallyLINEARDDown 5: UK moneyPOUNDSDDown 6: Make (something) seem less important than it isUNDERPLAYDDown 7: Sugar substituteSWEETENERDDown 11: Open area surrounded by buildingsCOURTYARDDDown 12: Chemical used to kill insectsPESTICIDEDDown 13: Plant-based hair dyeHENNADDown 14: Canadian territory, home to the Klondike gold rush of 1897-99YUKONDDown 18: Secrets — cards in a tarot packARCANADDown 19: Draw aimlesslyDOODLEDDown 22: Store for grainSILODDown 23: Autry or Hackman?GENE