Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 9th 2014) clues of The Guardian Quick crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 26 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Fasten — flee (4)

Astronaut (8)

Type of rice (7)

Kind of letter of the alphabet (5)

Stream (5)

Flowering spike hanging from willow and hazel (6)

Black-and-white wading bird with stout legs and bill (13)

Light midday meal in India (6)

Puppy— young wolf (5)

Fruit (which is proverbially "the answer") (5)

Paper folding (7)

Quality of male with high sex drive (8)

Proofreader's mark that the original text should be kept (4)

Sharp increase in population — the bulge (4,4)

Cow catcher (5)

Albert was one once (6,7)

Crave for what someone else has (5)

Insincerely emotional (7)

Invalid (4)

Squawk shrilly like a hen (6)

Holy man of very few words! (8)

Glisten (on water?) (7)

Urban type (6)

Last match in a competition (5)

Honour — raise up (5)

One coming from Eastern Europe or Asian Russia (4)

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