The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 8th January 2017 There are 12 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 8th January 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Speedy AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Children's game, a variation on catch or tagBLINDMAN'S BUFFAAcross 8: AdversaryFOEAAcross 9: Kitchen gizmoEGGBEATERAAcross 10: Garden entrance support that shares a secret with you and me?GATEPOSTAAcross 11: Engrave; fix firmlyETCHAAcross 13: Wartime set pieceBATTLEAAcross 14: Cry of dismayOHDEARAAcross 16: Place in France that sounds agreeable?NICEAAcross 17: One quarter of an old penny: measure of land in old EnglandFARTHINGAAcross 20: Place for useless or redundant people or thingsSCRAPHEAPAAcross 21: SamovarURNAAcross 22: One of the sixteen compass pointsWEST SOUTHWESTDDown 1: Envelop in mist: confuseBEFOGDDown 2: Items bearing personal data to establish who the holders are claiming to beIDENTITYCARDSDDown 3: Legal document by which a person may change his or her nameDEED POLLDDown 4: Grand, lordlyAUGUSTDDown 5: Turn or place at an angle; biasSKEWDDown 6: Tie up the mount? (anag)UP-TO-THE-MINUTEDDown 7: To, or at, a greater extent, degree, or a more advanced stageFURTHERDDown 12: Unbelievable gall; impudence (Yiddish)CHUTZPAHDDown 13: Tool used by a carpenter or joinerBAND SAWDDown 13: Tool used by a carpenter or joinerBANDSAWDDown 15: Gooey cakeGATEAUDDown 18: Old World carnivorous animal related to the civetGENETDDown 19: Creative work, eg in writing, art or musicOPUS