The Guardian Quick Answers - Tuesday, 23rd May 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Quick crossword on Tuesday, 23rd May 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Quick AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Key used to delete the previous letterBACKSPACEAAcross 8: Flaming __ , Frederic Leighton's 1895 paintingJUNEAAcross 9: PromoteADVERTISEAAcross 10: ThereforeTHUSAAcross 13: Unemotional personSTOICAAcross 15: Formula for making somethingRECIPEAAcross 16: Kind of incentive?CARROTAAcross 17: Flat bread eaten at PassoverMATZOHAAcross 19: Shuffling of a pack of cardsRIFFLEAAcross 20: Degree — gradeLEVELAAcross 21: River running from the North Pennines to the North SeaTEESAAcross 24: StewCASSEROLEAAcross 25: Clare Smyth or Heston Blumenthal?CHEFAAcross 26: Tiresomely, over and over againAD NAUSEAMDDown 2: Acquired immune deficiency syndromeAIDSDDown 3: German Baltic city, host each year to the world's largest sailing eventKIELDDown 4: LittlePETITEDDown 5: Inconceivably bigCOSMICDDown 6: Skills needed to survive in a natural environmentBUSHCRAFTDDown 7: Single-room accommodationBEDSITTERDDown 11: Cooked fowl's lower jointDRUMSTICKDDown 12: Widely distributedSCATTEREDDDown 13: What things are wound aroundSPOOLDDown 14: Raise trivial objectionsCAVILDDown 18: ForeshadowHERALDDDown 19: Body of water that Moses parted when leading the Israelites from Egypt to the Promised LandRED SEADDown 22: Guns (to be borne?)ARMSDDown 23: Kind of circus performer?FLEA