The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 26th August 2018

There are 12 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 26th August 2018. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Back side (scruff) of the neck
AAcross 3:	Obvious; perceptible
AAcross 9:	Dutch Post-impressionist painter noted for his use of colour (1853-1890)
AAcross 10:	Classical Peloponnese city, once the greatest in Greece
AAcross 11:	Contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used
AAcross 13:	Hesitant; not certain
AAcross 15:	Heavy, starchy and hard to digest
AAcross 17:	To and fro
AAcross 20:	Kick out, expel
AAcross 21:	Requiring free oxygen for respiration
AAcross 22:	O! I'm sharp (anag)
AAcross 23:	Image, often carved, worshipped as a god
DDown 1:	Colour traditionally worn by officers at sea
DDown 2:	Burgundy grape of several varieties
DDown 4:	Israeli port, one of the five major Philistine cities	ASHDOD
DDown 5:	Take foolish risks	PLAYWITHFIRE
DDown 6:	Intolerant; racially or religiously biased
DDown 7:	Move quietly: leisure
DDown 8:	One self-propelled on several wheels
DDown 12:	Fabulous, fictitious or idealised, as in a reference to the past
DDown 14:	Code of law derived from the Qu'ran and Mohammed's teachings
DDown 16:	Historical records
DDown 18:	Affected by hydrophobia
DDown 19:	Sacred Hindu writings