The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 8th June 2014 There are 12 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 8th June 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Speedy AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Floor aboveUPSTAIRSAAcross 5: Highest level or degree attainableACMEAAcross 9: Pre-Christian Celtic priestDRUIDAAcross 10: So Capri! (anag)PROSAICAAcross 11: Carnivorous plant of the CarolinasVENUSFLYTRAPAAcross 13: Strong regular repeated pattern of soundRHYTHMAAcross 14: Past tense of 'shall'SHOULDAAcross 17: Without a permanent addressNOFIXEDABODEAAcross 20: Castle, especially in FranceCHATEAUAAcross 21: Well-remembered proverb or sayingADAGEAAcross 22: Narrow strip of wood used as backing for plasterworkLATHAAcross 23: Blood feudVENDETTADDown 1: Bring to ruinUNDODDown 2: FlummoxSTUPEFYDDown 3: Author of Brave New World (1932)ALDOUS HUXLEYDDown 4: Act of fraud or swindle (inf)RIP-OFFDDown 4: Act of fraud or swindle (inf)RIPOFFDDown 6: Head of a university faculty or departmentCHAIRDDown 7: Exciting, perhaps mischievous, adventureESCAPADEDDown 8: Be discarded, rejected, ignored, forgottenGOBYTHEBOARDDDown 12: Socratic method of discussion, professing ignoranceIRONICALDDown 15: Ascent of airUPDRAFTDDown 16: Advance evidence forADDUCEDDown 18: Saint's day, for exampleFEASTDDown 19: Second letter of the Greek alphabetBETA