Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 2nd 2015) clues of The Guardian Speedy crossword.
Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 21 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.
| Fare better than all the rest (4,3,4) |
| Willow for basket-making (5) |
| Sniped (6) |
| Pardon (8) |
| Beethoven's 'Archduke': famous piece written for this ensemble (4) |
| Stretch of water between the North Sea and the English Channel (6,2,5) |
| Establishments where alcoholic drinks are served (4) |
| Introductory section of an oration or discourse (8) |
| One hundred centimos (6) |
| For all to see (5) |
| Factor or action decisive to an outcome (4-2-5) |
| Bracing air of old; now seen as potentially toxic (5) |
| African country, capital Asmara (7) |
| Used a strategy in a race to tire out opponents (6,3,4) |
| Token of distinction in a particular field; proudly displayed wound or injury bravely taken (5,2,6) |
| Herring of the east North Atlantic (5) |
| City and former republic in NE Italy (6) |
| 'The Rose of ------': song/film title featuring a town in County Kerry, Ireland (6) |
| Patronising term for an elderly woman (3,4) |
| Queen in the Bible unnamed except for her country; Balkis or Bilkis in the Quran (5) |
| Extreme (5) |