The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 17th February 2013 There are 12 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 17th February 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Speedy AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Concentrate onSETONESMINDTOAAcross 8: VastIMMENSEAAcross 9: BrusqueTERSEAAcross 10: One of the six inert gassesNEONAAcross 11: Swinging blow directed at the chinUPPERCUTAAcross 13: See 5 DownWEARITAAcross 14: Formal written statement of relinquishmentWAIVERAAcross 17: -------- and Caius College, CambridgeGONVILLEAAcross 19: Was cognisant or aware ofKNEWAAcross 21: Cay, for exampleISLETAAcross 22: Patterned textile originating in a Scottish townPAISLEYAAcross 24: Turns over a new leafMENDSONESWAYSDDown 1: Hit the slopesSKIDDown 2: LotteryTOMBOLADDown 3: Prayer of Simeon (Luke 2:29-32), often in a musical settingNUNCDDown 4: DrowsySLEEPYDDown 5: Allusive criticism deemed to be appositeIFTHECAPDDown 6: One of the Greek orders of architectureDORICDDown 7: Trevor who? (anag)OVERTHROWDDown 10: Alternative mystic environmentalist movement to traditional Western cultureNEWAGEISMDDown 12: See 3DIMITTISDDown 15: Popular ice cream flavourVANILLADDown 16: Garment or shoe with little or no fasteningSLIP-ONDDown 18: Fibre of polymeric amidesNYLONDDown 20: See 5FITSDDown 23: AffirmativeYES