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 |