The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 25th February 2018 There are 12 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 25th February 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Speedy AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Martin Scorsese's Las Vegas-set film noir with Robert De Niro (1995)CASINOAAcross 8: Second Book of the Old TestamentEXODUSAAcross 9: How to address a Roman Catholic cardinalYOURAAcross 10: See 9EMINENCEAAcross 11: Imaginary line circling the earth at zero degrees of latitudeEQUATORAAcross 13: Ruse; false moveFEINTAAcross 15: Light wood used in model- and raft-makingBALSAAAcross 17: Render unnecessaryOBVIATEAAcross 20: Out-raced? (anag)EDUCATORAAcross 21: Capital of FijiSUVAAAcross 23: Young salmon that returns to fresh waterGRILSEAAcross 24: Eight, or a range of notes and keys in musicOCTAVEDDown 1: Palm starch used for puddings, etcSAGODDown 2: Code word for the letter 'S'SIERRADDown 3: Copped it; RAF slang for downed, destroyed, missing or deadGONEFORDDown 4: Goosebump-raisingEERIEDDown 5: Comic strip character animated for film in 1933 by Max FleischerPOPEYEDDown 6: Briefly giving the gist of somethingSUCCINCTDDown 12: State of perplexityQUANDARYDDown 14: See 3ABURTONDDown 16: Somewhat ill or prone to illnessSICKLYDDown 18: In the original position (Latin)IN-SITUDDown 19: Baffled, confusedAT SEADDown 22: Oral examinationVIVA