The Telegraph – Quick – Sep 12 2018
Published in The Telegraph Quick Crossword. Tags: BURLY, DEVOTION, ELUDE, EMU, NEAR, PURSER, STRATEGIC.
| Clues | Answers |
| A legal defence | ALIBI |
| A slight bother | NIGGLE |
| Attempt; knife | STAB |
| Avoid | ELUDE |
| Broods | SULKS |
| Chocolate drink | COCOA |
| Close to | NEAR |
| Created hostility in | ANTAGONISED |
| Crowd | THRONG |
| Encourage | EGGON |
| Flightless bird | EMU |
| Flip; hurl | TOSS |
| Gave precedence to | PRIORITISED |
| Go out | EXIT |
| Great love | DEVOTION |
| Hospital carer | NURSE |
| In the past | AGO |
| Intrepid | DARING |
| Longing | YEARNING |
| Micro-organisms | BACTERIA |
| Muscular; strapping | BURLY |
| Mutineers | REBELS |
| Precedent (lawsuit) | TESTCASE |
| Recover (losses) | RECOUP |
| Revive | RESURRECT |
| Sham | BOGUS |
| Ship’s officer | PURSER |
| Tactical | STRATEGIC |