The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 19th August 2018

There are 12 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 19th August 2018. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Richard Hannay novel (1916) from John Buchan, sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps	GREENMANTLE
AAcross 9:	Vigilant, always watchful
AAcross 10:	Russian country villa, maybe in the 20
AAcross 11:	Directs one's attention on something: tiny openings in the skin
AAcross 12:	Beach area of Rio de Janeiro	IPANEMA
AAcross 13:	Swimming, floating
AAcross 15:	Zig-zag on skis
AAcross 18:	Composer of the opera The Barber of Seville
AAcross 20:	Russian mountains separating Europe from Asia
AAcross 22:	Parts of speech – proper, collective, verbal, etc
AAcross 23:	Fear-led (anag)
AAcross 24:	Training technique, acting out a particular part
DDown 2:	In geometry, a problem based on a theorem
DDown 3:	American writer and leading exponent of transcendentalism (1803-1882)
DDown 4:	In golf, the historic predecessor of a five iron
DDown 5:	----- Comaneci, Romanian-born gymnast	NADIA
DDown 6:	Milk-like, milky
DDown 7:	Fetter expediently	CLAPINIRONS
DDown 8:	Mixture of spices – coriander, cumin, cloves, cinnamon, chillies, etc – used in Indian dishes	GARAMMASALA
DDown 14:	Roman battle formation with shields linked as one
DDown 16:	Washing of clothes
DDown 17:	Alexandre Gustave ------, French engineer (1832-1923)
DDown 19:	Edition: give out
DDown 21:	Fringe stage