The Guardian – Quiptic crossword No 966 – May 20 2018
Published in The Guardian Quiptic Crossword. Tags: ANCESTOR, DUPLICITY, EMPHASISE, ENTRY, ISOLATE, NEIGHBOUR, NUISANCE, PASTRY.
Clues |
Answers |
Be fathered illegitimately in luxurious place |
FEATHERBED |
Bloke held up by little lamb |
MALE |
Books set on fire by English traitor you heard about |
LITERATURE |
Declines to rise around ceremony that’s lively |
SPIRITED |
Discover crude Corsican ornament |
DECOR |
Emotional lines you recited invoked confusion initially |
LYRIC |
Ends in outhouse overturned, holding a toilet’s lid |
DEATHS |
Escort an eccentric old relative |
ANCESTOR |
Guard heading off for gate |
ENTRY |
Happy providing nurture |
UPBRINGING |
Hollow metropolis embracing a victor |
CAVITY |
Horribly bad end to holiday diet in guest house |
BEDANDBREAKFAST |
Huge robin performing for someone nearby |
NEIGHBOUR |
Impasse he cultivated, causing stress |
EMPHASISE |
Journey from property crossing middle of Kansas |
TRANSIT |
Clues |
Answers |
Keep apart from one getting very behind |
ISOLATE |
Love judge to hold forth |
ORATE |
Mint drink is top |
POLONECK |
Name I note for insect |
TERMITE |
Nip absinthe regularly |
BITE |
Pest lives in shade |
NUISANCE |
Pester and almost hurt fool |
HARASS |
Relinquish offspring reportedly |
CEDE |
Save ruin crumbling and left for everyone to see |
UNIVERSAL |
Sweet returns with legal end to currency fraud |
DUPLICITY |
Tart old line? |
PASTRY |
Time to be sickly comes to an end |
TAIL |
Unquestionably from French (in a limited way) |
DEFINITELY |
Wild horse has to enrage without hesitation |
MUSTANG |