The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 23rd July 2017

There are 13 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 23rd July 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Avoid committing oneself; be neutral	SITONTHEFENCE
AAcross 8:	Towards the side away from the wind (naut)
AAcross 9:	Wow, Mr Lane! (anag)
AAcross 9:	Wow, Mr Lane! (anag)
AAcross 10:	Usain Bolt, for instance
AAcross 11:	Francisco de ---- (1746-1828), Spanish painter of portraits
AAcross 13:	Beat with a flurry of punches
AAcross 14:	Bela ------ (1881-1945), Hungarian composer
AAcross 16:	Employs
AAcross 17:	Sporting test of strength
AAcross 20:	Sea-front drive
AAcross 21:	Boy, familiar
AAcross 22:	Texan city: name shared by colleges at Oxford and Cambridge
DDown 1:	Leader of the Jerusalem Church in Acts and Paul's companion	SILAS
DDown 2:	Death	THEGRIMREAPER
DDown 3:	Not now as was
DDown 4:	Heavy rope for nautical use
DDown 5:	Be mad or angry
DDown 6:	Name given to Australia when colonised in 1788; a state since 1901
DDown 7:	Set aside specifically
DDown 12:	One who disrupts or damages by design
DDown 13:	Francis ------- (1899-1963), French composer
DDown 15:	Of or relating to Jews or their culture or religion
DDown 18:	Forearm bones: spokes
DDown 19:	Capital of Azerbaijan