The Guardian – Quick crossword No 15,053 – Aug 5 2018
Published in The Guardian Quick Crossword. Tags: AEROSOL, Africa, ATTRACT, CAPTOR, SPARED.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Allure |
ATTRACT |
| Banned from consideration |
BLACKLISTED |
| British financier and coloniser in southern Africa, d. 1902 |
RHODES |
| Clean (anag) — weapon |
LANCE |
| Conscientious |
DUTIFUL |
| Embrace |
CUDDLE |
| Enlarge |
DILATE |
| Famous |
NOTED |
| Freshwater fish |
TENCH |
| Having existed from the beginning |
PRIMAL |
| Having turrets and battlements |
CASTELLATED |
| Hazardous |
RISKY |
| High — rapturous |
EXALTED |
| Clues |
Answers |
| In disagreement |
ATODDS |
| Irritates |
RILES |
| It may be |
PERHAPS |
| Large tent |
MARQUEE |
| Outfit |
COSTUME |
| Spray can |
AEROSOL |
| Stage — hoax |
PUTON |
| Tied — beaten |
LASHED |
| Top car (anag) — jailer |
CAPTOR |
| Treated mercifully |
SPARED |
| Unconventional |
OFFBEAT |
| Up to now |
ASYET |
| Waits in hiding to attack |
LURKS |