The Guardian Quick Crossword

Clues Answers A growth (anag) __ animal WARTHOG A way to go up (or down) ESCALATOR Argued over petty things NIGGLED Be brilliant SCINTILLATE Best organised NEATEST Central Criminal Court of England and Wales OLDBAILEY City residence TOWNHOUSE Classical composition by Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven? SONATA Featuring many celebrities STARSTUDDED Formal agreement between two or …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,354 – Oct 6 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »

Clues Answers Con artist FRAUDSTER Corrodes RUSTS Couple PAIR E in the Greek alphabet EPSILON Faze UNNERVE Frown with displeasure SCOWL Girl’s name (one can be lazy!) SUSAN Husband-to-be FIANCE Involving clearly defined and opposing principles BLACKANDWHITE Items of the same type stored in a hidden place CACHE Kind of rock produced under intense heat …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,353 – Oct 5 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »

Clues Answers A long story? NOVEL Boil vigorously SEETHE Burning sensation in the chest HEARTBURN Bussell or Baryshnikov DANCER Clever quip WITTICISM Cold-shoulder __ I, Socrates (anag) OSTRACISE Comes closer NEARS Dental deposit TARTAR Floor STOREY French foodie BONVIVANT Go under SINK Happy place to be CLOUDNINE Hillside hollow CAVE Injure badly by beating MAUL …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,352 – Oct 4 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »

Clues Answers Be suitable BELONG Bodily support BRA Contemporaries of the same status PEERGROUP Details, in brief INFO Earth’s surface? TOPSOIL Escort for the coffin at a military funeral GUARDOFHONOUR Followed orders OBEYED Gave backing to ENDORSED If red, they’re a distraction HERRINGS In a calculated way STRATEGICALLY Infallible FOOLPROOF Ingredient of shakshouka and souffles …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,351 – Oct 3 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »

Clues Answers Actions intended to damage an opponent’s reputation SMEARTACTICS Anointed OILED Blunt __ rude ABRUPT Concerned with water AQUATIC Crash into a vehicle from behind REAREND Devices designed for a specific task CONTRIVANCES Extra information added at the end APPENDIX Go one’s separate ways PART Handy pointers? INDEXFINGERS It can’t easily be described in …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,350 – Oct 1 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »

Clues Answers Authority MANDATE Brave __ charmer GALLANT Capable __ of cruel ruse (anag) RESOURCEFUL Closely question INTERROGATE Deceased’s money and property ESTATE Discerned HEARD In a straightforward way SIMPLY Intrigue SCHEME Lacking the means to fight back UNARMED Novice TRAINEE Piercing instrument NEEDLE Pile of stones CAIRN Quash ANNUL Rigidly old-fashioned SQUARE Select a …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,349 – Sep 30 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »

Clues Answers Boned side of fish FILLET Display proudly PARADE Docile TAME Extra amount that restores a former level TOPUP Fashionable slogan BUZZWORD Fault in a system GLITCH First LEADING First event of a series OPENER French military cap KEPI Modern Romance language ITALIAN Nose rag (informal) HANKY November’s birthstone TOPAZ Person organising things for …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,348 – Sep 29 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »

Clues Answers Bodily CORPORAL Bosh icon’s echo (anag) __ with only one option! HOBSONSCHOICE Broadcast again RERUN Dram TOT Fail to mention OMIT Fish __ train SCHOOL Kind of rice BASMATI Large quantity of reading matter REAM Loose dressing gown for women WRAPPER Most central INNER Never (anag) NERVE Passenger ship LINER Permission to proceed …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,347 – Sep 28 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »

Clues Answers (Of a voice) affectedly mellow PLUMMY Absurdly exaggerated parody BURLESQUE Accumulated wealth (in money, jewels etc) TREASURE Courage (informal) BOTTLE Cries of joy WHOOPS Determination WILLPOWER Down which things run away or get lost? PLUGHOLE Feeling a little sick QUEASY French-speaking North American city QUEBEC Gardener’s growing pest WEED Gardener’s slimy pest SLUG …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,346 – Sep 27 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »

Clues Answers Alive (like a hive?) BUZZING Bandit MARAUDER Benghazi’s country LIBYA Bung PLUG Cook electoral boundaries to one’s advantage GERRYMANDER Cunning and ruthless CALCULATING Fanaticism ZEALOTRY Formed by a compact between several groups etc FEDERAL Infusion __ shrub with white, pink or yellow flowers JASMINE Love intensely ADORE Monarchy having a land border with …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,345 – Sep 26 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »

Clues Answers (Of hair) pale yellow to yellowish brown FLAXEN A grinder? MOLAR Abrasive stones PUMICES Astuteness ACUMEN Code for I INDIA County administered from Norwich NORFOLK Crisp lustrous fabric TAFFETA Doomed person (informal) GONER Excellence MERIT Extremely old ARCHAIC Green peas in an edible pod __ spurs anag (anag) SUGARSNAP Knockout fixture between two …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,344 – Sep 24 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »

Clues Answers Angler’s basket CREEL Calorific dessert (with butter?) BREADPUDDING Capital sometimes called the ‘Jerusalem of the Balkans’ SARAJEVO Centre of operations HEADQUARTERS Costume jewellery decorated with cut glass DIAMANTE Country like the UK MONARCHY Flynn’s first name ERROL German maritime centre on the Baltic KIEL Impressive building EDIFICE Israeli secret service MOSSAD Military stripe …

The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,343 – Sep 23 2022 Crossword Answer Read More »