The Guardian – Quick crossword No 14,277 – Feb 11 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Solutions |
| Appear unexpectedly |
POPUP |
| Blood-sucking worm |
LEECH |
| Circular garland for the head |
CHAPLET |
| Coffin carrier (one paid on demand?) |
BEARER |
| Current champion |
TITLEHOLDER |
| Despairing — pathetic |
HOPELESS |
| Dispatched again — take amiss |
RESENT |
| Gelatinous sweeties |
GUMDROPS |
| Illicit spirits |
MOONSHINE |
| Implore |
PLEAD |
| Intention |
PURPOSE |
| Kidney-shaped nut |
CASHEW |
| Licit |
LAWFUL |
| Clues |
Solutions |
| Local government area |
PARISH |
| Meat and tomato sauce |
BOLOGNESE |
| Merseyside town — White Christmas singer, d. 1977 |
CROSBY |
| Neutral (anag) — French car |
RENAULT |
| Paint applied thickly |
IMPASTO |
| Seaside (anag) — complaint |
DISEASE |
| Sheet of floating ice |
FLOE |
| Slow-moving arboreal mammal |
SLOTH |
| Unfortunate high-flier in Greek mythology |
ICARUS |
| Wacky |
OFFBEAT |
| Without |
SANS |
| Young birds |
CHICKS |