The Guardian – Quick crossword No 14,980 – May 11 2018
Published in The Guardian Quick Crossword. Tags: AMERICA, BREAKS, BURNISH, COVE, EXPORT.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Back of the head |
OCCIPUT |
| Beguile |
SEDUCE |
| Biscuit — firework |
CRACKER |
| Cord conveying liquid by capillary action |
WICK |
| Fir or larch, for example |
CONIFER |
| Frightful |
HORRIFIC |
| Hair |
LOCKS |
| Herb of the onion family |
CHIVES |
| Keyboard instrument |
HARPSICHORD |
| Made level |
EVENED |
| Make bright by rubbing |
BURNISH |
| Muscles |
BICEPS |
| Paid out — exhausted |
SPENT |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Quickly |
POSTHASTE |
| Respond |
REACT |
| Rest periods |
BREAKS |
| Rigid bar |
LEVER |
| See eye to eye |
CONCUR |
| Sheltered inlet |
COVE |
| Squirm |
WRITHE |
| Supervised |
OVERSEEN |
| Teller of anecdotes |
RACONTEUR |
| The New World |
AMERICA |
| Transfer abroad |
EXPORT |
| Varied |
DIVERSE |