The Guardian – Quick crossword No 14,289 – Feb 25 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| (Small piece of ) filth |
SMUT |
| 24 across (anag) |
GENERATE |
| A.N. Other |
SOMEBODY |
| Arriving when due |
ONTIME |
| Assistant |
ACOLYTE |
| Australian burrowing marsupial |
WOMBAT |
| British PM, 1945-51 |
CLEMENTATTLEE |
| City government head |
MAYOR |
| Cook (in one’s own juices?) |
STEW |
| Decadent |
EFFETE |
| Dictum |
ADAGE |
| Donnish |
ACADEMIC |
| Fast Brazilian dance — mad Baal (anag) |
LAMBADA |
| Clues |
Answers |
| French novelist, d. 1850 |
BALZAC |
| Garment worn by Muslim women |
BURKA |
| Jargon — patois |
ARGOT |
| Measure of explosive power — montage (anag) |
MEGATON |
| One of the Snow White Seven? |
DWARF |
| Precious |
CUTE |
| Selection of small dishes in Turkish and Greek cuisine |
MEZE |
| Sudden attack, without warning |
BLITZ |
| Synthetic |
MANMADE |
| Tedium |
ENNUI |
| Temporary stock exchange recovery after a sharp fall |
DEADCATBOUNCE |
| Twit — flirt |
TEASE |
| Youth |
TEENAGER |