The Guardian Quick Answers - Saturday, 13th May 2023

There are 13 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Saturday, 13th May 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Martial art
AAcross 4:	Clear and bright
AAcross 8:	Not as many
AAcross 9:	Small vegetable, pickled whole
AAcross 10:	State of heightened activity
AAcross 11:	Iconic mental representation (sometimes spitting?)
AAcross 12:	Excessively critical person
AAcross 17:	Manufacturer
AAcross 19:	To be played quickly and with liveliness
AAcross 21:	Merciful — net line (anag)
AAcross 22:	Adjust a little bit
AAcross 23:	To tape (anag)
AAcross 24:	Elegant and formal
DDown 1:	Garment with sleeves reaching down to the ankles, worn by men in the Middle East
DDown 2:	Stevenage, Crawley or Hatfield, for example
DDown 3:	School classes
DDown 5:	Pointed tool (which killed Trotsky)
DDown 5:	Pointed tool (which killed Trotsky)
DDown 6:	Indian word for proper or genuine
DDown 7:	US Democrat Party symbol
DDown 9:	Gad about
DDown 13:	Underwater weapon
DDown 14:	Go backwards
DDown 15:	Talisman
DDown 16:	Game played with sticks
DDown 18:	African country, independent since 1963, with Swahili and English as its official languages
DDown 20:	Afterwards