The Guardian – Speedy crossword No 1,185 – Jun 16 2018
Published in The Guardian Speedy Crossword. Tags: BLONDE, BOARD, CURB, EKEOUT, France, GLITCH, LICKSONESLIPS, RHYTHM.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Author of History of Rome (Ab Urbe Condita) |
LIVY |
| Accumulated earth and stones left by a melting glacier |
MORAINE |
| Apprentice |
INTERN |
| Asian lot (anag) |
LAOTIANS |
| Barely make things last |
EKEOUT |
| Be discarded; become obsolete, redundant |
GOBYTHE |
| Brazier, for example: Shoot! |
OPENFIRE |
| Comrade-in-arms of Roland – or Stanley? |
OLIVER |
| Conversely |
ONTHECONTRARY |
| Electronic fault or defect |
GLITCH |
| Female opera star, usually the soprano |
DIVA |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Gives evident signs of pleasurable anticipation |
LICKSONESLIPS |
| Material associated with Nimes, southern France |
DENIM |
| Of hair, between pale gold and light chestnut |
BLONDE |
| Pattern of movement or sound |
RHYTHM |
| Professional person’s business |
PRACTICE |
| Rein in |
CURB |
| See 3 Down |
BOARD |
| Ship, along with the Santa Maria and Pinta, that sailed with Columbus in 1492 |
NINA |
| Small particle |
SPECK |
| Sordid; disreputable |
SEAMY |
| Sudden uncontrollable attack |
PAROXYSM |