The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 21st January 2018 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 21st January 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Speedy AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Starting place on race track, racing circuit, etc, on the inside at the frontPOLEAAcross 3: See 1POSITIONAAcross 9: Internal whorl of a flowerCOROLLAAAcross 10: LoquaciousWORDYAAcross 11: Style of painting having an illusion of movementOP ARTAAcross 12: British composer of German birth, the 'father of the oratorio'HANDELAAcross 14: Companion: trainESCORTAAcross 16: Apparition; phantomWRAITHAAcross 19: Breed of rabbit or cat, the former name for the Turkish capitalANGORAAAcross 21: Legal capital and former monetary unit of BoliviaSUCREAAcross 24: Mexican mud and straw brick, and the hut made of itADOBEAAcross 25: Entreat, imploreBESEECHAAcross 26: Popular sauce used in Chinese cuisineSWEETANDAAcross 27: See 26SOURDDown 1: Prepare for imminent departure; leave home, a job, etcPACKONESDDown 2: Federico Garcia -----, poet assassinated in the Spanish Civil WarLORCADDown 4: Edible spinach-like plant of the genus Atriplex that thrives in arid areasORACHEDDown 5: One from Des Moines...IOWANDDown 6: ...and one from JaffaISRAELIDDown 7: Those that oppose a motion in ParliamentNAYSDDown 8: Historic Irish province; heavy overcoatULSTERDDown 13: Person or machine that cuts grass, wheat, etcTHRESHERDDown 15: Express sympathy or sorrowCONDOLEDDown 17: Check; withstandRESISTDDown 18: ------ copy: exact image; cloneCARBONDDown 20: For all to seeOVERTDDown 22: Words to live by; beliefCREDODDown 23: See 1BAGS