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 |