Clues Answers Bad breath HALITOSIS Be owned by BELONG Dutch cheese EDAM Eastern ORIENTAL Forgive, absolve PARDON Go round in circles GYRATE Gradual increase in volume CRESCENDO Injured party VICTIM Massacre, slaughter POGROM Old fogey DINOSAUR Pursue FOLLOW Respect, admiration ESTEEM Riches WEALTH Ridge of coral etc. REEF Semi-transparent gemstone OPAL Size, immensity ENORMITY Staff […]
Clues Answers Adjoin ABUT Bring about EFFECT Committed, devoted DEDICATED Cosmetic surgery FACELIFT Embryo FOETUS Empty space VOID Eschewing animal products VEGAN Esurient HUNGRY Expressionless, giving nothing away STRAIGHTFACED Fall asleep NODOFF Flying at speeds less than sound SUBSONIC From then on THENCEFORWARD Inactive IDLE Indistinct VAGUE Inheritor HEIR Military unit smaller than a corps […]
Clues Answers Around, about CIRCA Bandit BRIGAND Be indecisive DITHER Bequest, inheritance LEGACY Birds’ resting-place ROOST Bring upon oneself INCUR Church kneeler HASSOCK Condition, stipulation PROVISO Intense sorrow GRIEF Lawn game CROQUET Lion-like LEONINE Lustful woodland god SATYR Mammal’s upper body THORAX Pitiable creature WRETCH Postpone DEFER Recreational drug TOBACCO Rely on TRUST Rough draft […]
Clues Answers Being bored TEDIUM Berry-like fruit ROSEHIP Bruce Willis film DIEHARD Defamation SMEAR Egyptian goddess ISIS Element of Morse code DOT Entering INGRESS Entertainment venue CIRCUS Gizmo GADGET Hair care product GEL Hollow area of the human body ARMPIT Introduction FOREWORD Obvious CLEAR Psychological disorder NEUROSIS Respectable – kind of piano UPRIGHT Shylock, say […]
The Guardian – Speedy crossword No 1,428 – Feb 19 2023 Clues Answers Ahead of time EARLY Annoying TRYING Awful GHASTLY Breed of dog TERRIER Comic AMUSING Desert ABANDON Device that generates electrical energy DYNAMO Edition ISSUE Eight-sided shape OCTAGON Greek letter THETA Noble rank EARLDOM Norma, for one OPERA Omnivorous mammal related to the […]
Clues Answers Artificial, serving as a substitute ERSATZ Attractive, in a somewhat old-fashioned way COMELY Card game CANASTA Cause suffering to AFFLICT Commonwealth country NAMIBIA Cured, like fish or meat? SMOKED Deep colour MAGENTA Embroiled in corruption SLEAZY Extremist ULTRA Famous raft KONTIKI Fly into a rage GOBALLISTIC Golf course LINKS Gradual absorption OSMOSIS Humid, […]
Clues Answers City on the Persian Gulf DUBAI Coach MANAGER Delicately and dangerously poised ONAKNIFEEDGE Demand or require NEED Device such as an iPad TABLET E.g. Charles de Gaulle or Ronald Reagan AIRPORT E.g. Charles de Gaulle or Ronald Reagan PRESIDENT E.g. James or John in the Bible FISHERMAN E.g. John in the Bible BAPTIST […]
Clues Answers A line connecting points of equal pressure ISOBAR American street fight RUMBLE Birds and bees FACTSOFLIFE Climbing frame? TRELLIS Cloth from Scotland – or party in Wales PLAID Contagious illness MEASLES Controversial film from 1973 THEEXORCIST Distinctive spirit ETHOS Diver’s equipment SNORKEL Efface DELETE Fabric pattern ARGYLE Final phase of the contest ENDGAME […]
Clues Answers A gymnastic exercise PRESSUP African antelope ELAND American award for excellence PULITZERPRIZE Catalogues – area for jousting LISTS Class, kind or style GENRE Credit cards as opposed to cash PLASTIC Descriptive term EPITHET Diamond – card game SOLITAIRE Give in YIELD Incidentally BYTHEBY Indian dish of cucumber in yoghurt RAITA Japanese warrior NINJA […]
Clues Answers Become mature RIPEN Breed of cattle ABERDEENANGUS E.g. ‘Look Back in Anger’ DRAMA Earn DESERVE Easy question NOBRAINER Educate SCHOOL European who got rich in India NABOB Fabulist AESOP Feature of South Africa TABLEMOUNTAIN Geographical depression GULLY Gershwin, say IRA Group that’s seized power JUNTA Having patches of different colours PIEBALD Having successfully […]
Clues Answers Song such as Nessun Dorma ARIA Ancient stone implement NEOLITH Boxer ALI Choral work MOTET Contagious CATCHING Contemptible person TOERAG Criticise – Sunday lunch? ROAST Express disapproval TUT FBI agent GMAN Green fruit AVOCADO In a detached style STACCATO Intimate one knows celebrities NAMEDROP Loiter aimlessly MOOCH Military alliance NATO Overused and unoriginal HACKNEYED […]
Clues Answers Abridge, compact CONDENSE Bending the knee (in church) GENUFLECTING Bonnet worn indoors in the Georgian period MOBCAP Bubbly, sparkling EFFERVESCENT Designed for efficiency in the workplace ERGONOMIC Enjoy RELISH Expensive fur MINK French cheese CAMEMBERT Frenzied FRENETIC Gossip TITTLETATTLE Haphazard RANDOM Having musical qualities TONAL Interrogated GRILLED Junior doctor HOUSEMAN Killer whale ORCA […]