The Guardian Quick Answers - Wednesday, 1st February 2023 There are 12 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Wednesday, 1st February 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Musical notation indicating the number of beats to a measureTIME SIGNATUREAAcross 8: In Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic 1798 poem he was 'ancient'MARINERAAcross 9: Showing signs of wear and tearTATTYAAcross 10: One dollar (informal)BUCKAAcross 11: Straw broad-brimmed hat — robs more (anag)SOMBREROAAcross 13: Hooded waterproof jacketANORAKAAcross 14: Poor densely populated city areaGHETTOAAcross 17: Lamp oilKEROSENEAAcross 19: Hee-hawBRAYAAcross 21: EasyLIGHTAAcross 22: Lock-securing mesh?HAIRNETAAcross 24: Jokes about painful subjectsGALLOWSHUMOURDDown 1: Feline fellow?TOMDDown 2: African country independent since 1956, previously a French protectorateMOROCCODDown 3: TransportSENDDDown 4: One of three monsters, sisters with sharp fangs and hair of venomous snakesGORGONDDown 5: European motorway — a NATO hub (anag)AUTOBAHNDDown 6: FreeUNTIEDDown 7: Study of word developmentETYMOLOGYDDown 10: Jolly RogerBLACK FLAGDDown 12: Artificially high singing tonesFALSETTODDown 15: Canada's largest cityTORONTODDown 16: Parts of a footINCHESDDown 18: ImperialREGALDDown 20: Location in FranceLIEUDDown 23: Prominent rock on a hillTOR