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The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 12th August 2012

There are 12 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 12th August 2012. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Very remote inaccessible place
AAcross 9: Malicious crime
AAcross 10: Bad-smelling distillate of carbon
AAcross 11: River of Siberia (4400 km), the world's ninth longest
AAcross 12: Affluent
AAcross 14: 'Just the ------': an appropriate thing
AAcross 15: Don
AAcross 18: Out of this world
AAcross 20: Warning device on a vehicle
AAcross 22: Huge inn? (anagram)
AAcross 23: Cultivate by growing
AAcross 24: Work, originally in return for food and lodgingsEARNONESKEEP
DDown 2: Brittle grey-green semi-metal, atomic number 33
DDown 3: Eccentricity
DDown 4: Leo ------, designer of the first solid-body electric guitar
DDown 5: Wood used for lattice work
DDown 6: Get the better of
DDown 7: Coldest part of the yearDEADOFWINTER
DDown 8: 'He who pays the piper ----- --- ----'CALLSTHETUNE
DDown 13: To this point in time (archaic)
DDown 16: Glorify; treat as a hero
DDown 17: Choice cut of beefsteakRIBEYE
DDown 19: Different, not the same one or this one
DDown 21: Arduous journey
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