The Guardian – Quick crossword No 15,015 – Jun 21 2018
Published in The Guardian Quick Crossword. Tags: ABOLISH, BLACKEYE, DEARTH, EATS, Israel, PRESSGANG, SAG.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Breadbasket (informal) |
STOMACH |
| Breathe out |
EXHALE |
| Cash — a desire (anag) |
READIES |
| Chosen |
SELECTED |
| Corrupt |
DEBASE |
| Detachment forcing civilians into the navy |
PRESSGANG |
| Do away with |
ABOLISH |
| Do do something completely |
GOTHEWHOLEHOG |
| Droop |
SAG |
| First king of Israel |
SAUL |
| Flirtatious woman |
COQUETTE |
| Food (informal) |
EATS |
| French singer, the Little Sparrow, d. 1963 |
PIAF |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Giving adequate return for the outlay |
COSTEFFICIENT |
| Hatred (anag) — shortage |
DEARTH |
| Herring, salted and smoked |
BLOATER |
| Lacking in aesthetic judgement |
TASTELESS |
| No longer in the land of Nod |
AWAKE |
| Praise highly |
EXALT |
| Puts on — lecturers |
DONS |
| Refined — well educated |
CULTURED |
| Shiner |
BLACKEYE |
| To the smallest degree |
LEAST |
| Unauthorised disclosures of information |
LEAKS |
| Until later |
FORNOW |
| Young lion |
CUB |