The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 23rd December 2018

There are 12 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 23rd December 2018. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Jewish festival celebrating the Exodus (variant spelling)
AAcross 5:	Formerly a gold coin of various European countries
AAcross 8:	Took the initiative	CALLEDTHETUNE
AAcross 9:	Big-headedness; self-image
AAcross 10:	Small spit or skewer: French kebab
AAcross 12:	Beat; trick
AAcross 13:	Makes right
AAcross 15:	Name once applied to oriental colonies, trading countries
AAcross 16:	Agent
AAcross 18:	Bothersome annoying person
AAcross 20:	Covered single-seated carrying chair
AAcross 21:	Pertaining to the killing of one's parent (of the same sex) to possess the other
DDown 1:	Bolivia's legal capital; Ecuador's former currency
DDown 2:	The ---- -- --- ----, adventure novel by Jack London (1903)	CALLOFTHEWILD
DDown 3:	Excessive
DDown 4:	Storage for a particular fashion item
DDown 5:	Rivers of the same name in Scotland and England
DDown 6:	Enumerating imaginary animals in an attempt to overcome insomnia	COUNTINGSHEEP
DDown 7:	Greek hero of legend who killed the Minotaur
DDown 11:	Extended house and estate (often of a farm)
DDown 12:	Tentacled cephalopod
DDown 14:	French informal restaurant
DDown 17:	Country bumpkin; hick
DDown 19:	Auberge or tavern