The Guardian – Quiptic crossword No 971 – Jun 24 2018
Published in The Guardian Quiptic Crossword. Tags: BATTLEAXE, BESTMAN, EMBITTERS, EQUAL, PRICETAGS, SITTERS, SWEPT, UMBRAGE.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Abandons wastelands | DESERTS |
| Acts following foot faults | FLAWS |
| Aiming to change European picture | IMAGINE |
| Babies, regularly entertained by Oasis rivals, weep excessively | BLUBBER |
| Bath robe hides sign of increased blood flow | THROB |
| Bird gets one drink | MARTINI |
| Brushed end of humerus and cried | SWEPT |
| Capture the sound of oceans | SEIZE |
| Cheeseparer to remove outside of stone | SKINFLINT |
| Complain I have shortened goal | OBJECTIVE |
| Defended fair on condition uncovered rides dismantled | JUSTIFIED |
| Doctor and mother with part in performance | RIGMAROLE |
| Dubious recycled plastic covering church | SCEPTICAL |
| Expose falsehood Romeo gives one separate from the pack | OUTLIER |
| Frame alien in fraud | SETTING |
| Joins golf course | LINKS |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Kill former boyfriend with bit of envenomed sweet | EXECUTE |
| More clamorous about one small charged particle returning | NOISIER |
| Offence shadow government engendered initially | UMBRAGE |
| One giving speech unsurpassed on island | BESTMAN |
| Out of the running at this time and place | NOWHERE |
| Peer squeals endlessly, when excited | EQUAL |
| Pocket found in short jeans, perhaps | TROUSER |
| Praise Britain? Not so much | BLESS |
| Serious attention given to bird’s place | EARNEST |
| Sex with tenor among red hot ashes causes upsets | EMBITTERS |
| Spin doctor cagiest about ways to display costs | PRICETAGS |
| Stare at black line somewhere on face | EYEBROW |
| Starting to transform ceremony that’s overused | TRITE |
| Struggle to get rid of dragon | BATTLEAXE |
| Throw drug to incompetent fool | TOSSPOT |
| Topless artistes gyrating for people in chairs | SITTERS |