The Guardian – Quick crossword No 14,944 – Mar 30 2018
Published in The Guardian Quick Crossword. Tags: ARMREST, ELIXIR, MUSKMELON, PERTURB, PSALMS, RETAINER, TOWN.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Big Apple |
NEWYORK |
| Boring documents and written information |
BUMPH |
| Colour — to be gentler (anag) |
BOTTLEGREEN |
| Creamy white |
IVORY |
| Distinctive characteristic |
STREAK |
| Drastic — limit |
EXTREME |
| Female rubber? |
MASSEUSE |
| Household servant (often faithful and old!) |
RETAINER |
| Lamps — daffodils |
BULBS |
| Make something distasteful seem more palatable? |
SUGARCOAT |
| Mawkish |
SOPPY |
| Melange |
MIXTURE |
| Messenger of the gods |
HERMES |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Monk’s mule (anag) — eg honeydew |
MUSKMELON |
| Old Testament book of sacred songs |
PSALMS |
| On the house |
GRATIS |
| Part of a rock formation above the surface |
OUTCROP |
| Remedy |
CURE |
| Substance that alchemists believed could turn base metals into gold |
ELIXIR |
| Support attached to the side of a chair |
ARMREST |
| Unsettle |
PERTURB |
| Urban area larger than a village |
TOWN |
| Very little to eat — goodness gracious me! |
CRUMBS |
| Wildcat — loo etc (anag) |
OCELOT |
| Young rascal — horror |
TERROR |