The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 29th December 2019

There are 10 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 29th December 2019. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Slow Italian music and dance in 3/4 time
AAcross 9:	Avoid; circumvent
AAcross 10:	HD -------, US essayist and poet (1817-62)
AAcross 11:	Gamble, betting the sum at stake in an attempt to win back that previously lost	DOUBLEORQUITS
AAcross 12:	Commonest ore of lead
AAcross 13:	Basque or Spanish racquet-ball-wall game
AAcross 16:	Taking into account	BEARINGINMIND
AAcross 18:	Sent message with a click
AAcross 19:	Enigma Variations composer
AAcross 20:	In tennis, a stroke hit beyond the lateral reach of an opponent
DDown 2:	Normally; in general
DDown 3:	Scottish archipelago, chief town Lerwick	SHETLANDISLES
DDown 4:	Large lemon-like fruit
DDown 5:	Affectionate nickname for Elizabeth I	GOODQUEENBESS
DDown 6:	Ancient British tribe ruled by Queen Boudicca	ICENI
DDown 7:	Play by Henrik Ibsen (1891)	HEDDAGABLER
DDown 8:	Falling short of some prescribed norm
DDown 14:	Because of	OWINGTO
DDown 15:	1970s war in a desert area of Ethiopia disputed by Somalia	OGADEN
DDown 17:	Small terrestrial Old World lizard