The Guardian Speedy Answers - Sunday, 16th August 2020 There are 11 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Speedy crossword on Sunday, 16th August 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Speedy AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Remove everything surplus to prepare for actionCLEARTHEDECKSAAcross 8: Mad pilot? (anag)DIPLOMAAAcross 9: Latin danceMAMBOAAcross 10: Twiddled one's thumbsIDLEDAAcross 11: Spanish wine punchSANGRIAAAcross 12: Humbly ask for a favourGOCAPINHANDAAcross 17: Relating to, or associated with, heatTHERMALAAcross 19: Robert ----- Marley: Jamaican singer-songwriterNESTAAAcross 21: Outstanding: displaying great dignityPROUDAAcross 22: Eccentric; quirkyOFFBEATAAcross 23: Manufacturing production apparatusesASSEMBLYLINESDDown 1: Golfer's major-domoCADDIEDDown 2: Banish; dischargeEXPELDDown 3: Welsh valley whose coal 'fuelled the Royal Navy'RHONDDADDown 4: People will be sacked or disgracedHEADSWILLROLLDDown 5: Fallen angelDEMONDDown 6: 21st century UK Prime MinisterCAMERONDDown 7: Distinctive watchword or mottoSLOGANDDown 13: Demanding; burdensomeONEROUSDDown 14: Person, animal or task that is difficult to manageHANDFULDDown 15: Bliss; paradiseUTOPIADDown 16: Thorny desert plantCACTUSDDown 18: Device that connects computers by a phone lineMODEMDDown 20: Back of a marine vesselSTERN