The Guardian – Quiptic crossword No 963 – Apr 29 2018
Published in The Guardian Quiptic Crossword. Tags: ALIBIS, INUNISON, INVERT, MACERATED, SPENDERS, TORTILLA, TRYST, WAISTS.
Clues |
Answers |
Altogether in agreement |
INUNISON |
America’s code translated as ‘cold drink’ |
ICECREAMSODA |
Dirty look at you and me one year after |
LOUSY |
Done with steering gear in swamp |
OVERWHELM |
Fashionable and neat, perhaps: it’s natural |
INNATE |
Furore over weird report on nameless member of the Brownshirts |
STORMTROOPER |
GPO is now rationalised but it’s taking a nosedive |
SWOOPING |
Great ape at first moved quickly, then panted heavily |
GASPED |
It’s more unpleasant having tails wagging, as drink circulates |
BEASTLIER |
Londoner (academic) left to become a hermit |
LONER |
Lot involved in new trial of pancake |
TORTILLA |
Lovers’ meeting in country style |
TRYST |
Manuscript from old library in Oxford initially |
FOLIO |
One bails out, having excuses for not being there |
ALIBIS |
Clues |
Answers |
One running errands for Chinese game umpire who’s retired |
GOFER |
Otherwise neat, fancy decoration |
ORNATE |
PC Wood’s errors knocked over writing and editing system |
WORDPROCESSOR |
Person with property who lives at home |
OWNEROCCUPIER |
Rugged region of old-time American movies |
WILDWEST |
Santa’s little helpers belong to us first — us personally! |
OURSELVES |
Sew around or it gets more difficult |
WORSE |
Shoppers pay out with hesitation? Sure, just to start with! |
SPENDERS |
Son goes in, waits in narrower parts |
WAISTS |
Sort out introverts and turn back |
INVERT |
Steeped valued spice first |
MACERATED |
Summons a number at university recorded |
WRITTENUP |
Ugly view unsettling us nightly |
UNSIGHTLY |
Woman with devotion for sweetheart |
LADYLOVE |