The Guardian – Quiptic crossword No 963 – Apr 29 2018
Published in The Guardian Quiptic Crossword. Tags: ALIBIS, INUNISON, INVERT, MACERATED, SPENDERS, TORTILLA, TRYST, WAISTS.
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| 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 |