The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 16th August 2015

There are 12 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 16th August 2015. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Native American war-axe
AAcross 5:	Scottish west coast fishing and ferry port	OBAN
AAcross 9:	Send, as payment
AAcross 10:	1920s and 30s style of art and architecture
AAcross 11:	Oxford college originally named after its founder, Cardinal Wolsey (1525)
AAcross 13:	Allot
AAcross 14:	Canny
AAcross 17:	Succeeds in a particular field; reaches the summit	GETSTOTHETOP
AAcross 20:	Overly-filled
AAcross 21:	Artist's stand
AAcross 22:	Extensions to buildings at right angles: archaic cloth measurements
AAcross 23:	Scholarly: hypothetical
DDown 1:	Mountain pool: French department
DDown 2:	Name of city at different times overlooking the Nile and Mississippi?
DDown 3:	Being naturally friendly or well-suited (to someone)	HITTINGITOFF
DDown 4:	Ghost-like apparition
DDown 6:	Of music played without referring to a written score	BYEAR
DDown 7:	Apprentice; newcomer to a religion, job, society, etc...
DDown 8:	...and where he/she may be thrown in?	ATTHEDEEPEND
DDown 12:	Bleating? (anag)
DDown 15:	American and Australian marsupial, often with the first letter dropped
DDown 16:	Print style used for emphasis, titles of books, etc
DDown 18:	Fabric woven to produce a surface of diagonal parallel ridges
DDown 19:	Political or economic confederation