The Guardian – Speedy crossword No 1,191 – Jul 28 2018
Published in The Guardian Speedy Crossword. Tags: DIWALI, EXEDRA, ORIENT, PANG, TANTALUS, TIEDYE, UGLI.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Artful allusion |
INNUENDO |
| Bible closely followed in some Protestant OTs |
HEBREW |
| Blooming |
INFLOWER |
| Cross between a grapefruit, Seville orange and a tangerine |
UGLI |
| Danny —-, Hollywood star of the 1940s and 1950s |
KAYE |
| East London football club between 1888-1898 and 1966-1987 |
ORIENT |
| Hangman’s rope |
HALTER |
| Hindu celebration held in November (either spelling) |
DIWALI |
| In some (unsatisfactory) manner |
AFTERAFASHION |
| Italian garlic sausage |
SALAMI |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Killing: making redundant |
DOINGAWAYWITH |
| Metaphorical duel, often a fuss about nothing |
PISTOLSATDAWN |
| Natives of a British Oversea Territory, colloquially ‘Llanitos’ |
GIBRALTARIANS |
| Norse god of discord and mischief |
LOKI |
| Said of a kind of sharp wit |
RAPIER |
| Stab |
PANG |
| Stain by knotting fabric to produce an irregular pattern |
TIEDYE |
| Vestibule; portico |
EXEDRA |
| Wicked king and son of Zeus |
TANTALUS |
| Winter melon |
HONEYDEW |