The Guardian – Speedy crossword No 1,212 – Dec 23 2018
Published in The Guardian Speedy Crossword. Tags: Bolivia, CALLEDTHETUNE, England, OVERBLOWN.
| Clues | Answers |
| The __, adventure novel by Jack London (1903) | CALLOFTHEWILD |
| Agent | SPY |
| Auberge or tavern | INN |
| Beat; trick | OUTFOX |
| Big-headedness; self-image | EGO |
| Bolivia’s legal capital; Ecuador’s former currency | SUCRE |
| Bothersome annoying person | PAININTHENECK |
| Country bumpkin; hick | YOKEL |
| Covered single-seated carrying chair | SEDAN |
| Enumerating imaginary animals in an attempt to overcome insomnia | COUNTINGSHEEP |
| Excessive | OVERBLOWN |
| Extended house and estate (often of a farm) | HOMESTEAD |
| Formerly a gold coin of various European countries | DUCAT |
| French informal restaurant | BISTRO |
| Greek hero of legend who killed the Minotaur | THESEUS |
| Jewish festival celebrating the Exodus (variant spelling) | SUCCOTH |
| Makes right | AMENDS |
| Name once applied to oriental colonies, trading countries | THEINDIES |
| Pertaining to the killing of one’s parent (of the same sex) to possess the other | OEDIPAL |
| Rivers of the same name in Scotland and England | DEE |
| Small spit or skewer: French kebab | BROCHETTE |
| Storage for a particular fashion item | HATBOX |
| Tentacled cephalopod | OCTOPUS |
| Took the initiative | CALLEDTHETUNE |