The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 2nd February 2020 There are 10 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 2nd February 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Speedy AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Face up to an unpalatable fact or situationBITETHEBULLETAAcross 8: Non-insurability clause, a result of natural forcesACT OF GODAAcross 9: Affirm; allege as factAVERAAcross 10: Warm; good-naturedAFFABLEAAcross 12: Bird, the black Corvus coraxRAVENAAcross 14: Group of eightOCTADAAcross 16: Waterfall: gushCASCADEAAcross 19: Stronghold, redoubtFORTAAcross 20: Drive off; send to CoventryALIENATEAAcross 22: Charlemagne's northern capitalAIX-LA-CHAPELLEDDown 1: 45, eg?DISCDDown 2: Capital of Liguria (modern Italian spelling)GENOVADDown 3: Marc ------- (1887-1985), Russian-born French artistCHAGALLDDown 4: DomicileABODEDDown 5: Czech name for the Moldau river, immortalised by SmetanaVLTAVADDown 6: Title of respect for a clergymanREVERENDDDown 11: Consider as relevant when making a decision; add to the mixFACTOR INDDown 13: Brutish uncouth character in Shakespeare's The TempestCALIBANDDown 15: Fifth-century Hun, the scourge of the Roman EmpireATTILADDown 17: Pass on; transportCONVEYDDown 18: Servilius -----, senator co-assassin of Julius CaesarCASCADDown 21: Softest geological substance in Mohs scale of hardnessTALC