The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 29th January 2017 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 29th January 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Speedy AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Make unclear, indistinct, or blurredOBSCUREAAcross 5: Afro-Cuban danceRUMBAAAcross 8: Fruit kernel of a peach-related treeALMONDAAcross 9: JinxHOODOOAAcross 10: East Sussex resort townHOVEAAcross 11: Dark colour as worn by officers at seaNAVY BLUEAAcross 13: Restrained; controlledKEPTINCHECKAAcross 18: Ivan -------- (1818-1883), writer about Russian life as in Fathers and SonsTURGENEVAAcross 20: Small changeCENTAAcross 21: Go to bedTURN INAAcross 22: Pattern of movement or soundRHYTHMAAcross 23: Punctuation markCOMMAAAcross 24: Portable computersLAPTOPSDDown 2: Ox or steerBULLOCKDDown 3: Cease, or cause to cease, operatingCLOSE-UPDDown 3: Cease, or cause to cease, operatingCLOSEUPDDown 4: Flag flown by the British Merchant NavyREDENSIGNDDown 5: SpaciousROOMYDDown 6: Note whose key is (almost) central on a piano keyboardMIDDLE CDDown 7: Black and white Eurasian long-legged wading birdAVOCETDDown 12: Revise a VC? (anag)VICE VERSADDown 14: Organ membraneEARDRUMDDown 15: Put into codeENCRYPTDDown 16: Close connection marked by interests, similarity in nature, or characterKINSHIPDDown 17: Not in physical motionSTATICDDown 19: Plant genus of garden heatherERICA