The Guardian – Quick crossword No 14,296 – Mar 4 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| Alert and energetic person |
EAGERBEAVER |
| Best-selling recording |
CHARTBUSTER |
| Climber’s spike |
PITON |
| Completely finished |
ALLDONE |
| Eat greedily |
GORGE |
| Excessive bureaucracy |
REDTAPE |
| Food retailer |
GROCER |
| Four-stringed guitar |
UKULELE |
| Further down |
LOWER |
| Grooved surface of a tyre |
TREAD |
| Hired |
RENTED |
| Holistic system of physical exercises |
PILATES |
| Hurried look |
GLANCE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| If really necessary |
ATAPUSH |
| In |
TRENDY |
| Interesting and strange objects |
EXOTICA |
| Mineral used in making plaster of Paris |
GYPSUM |
| Old card game |
WHIST |
| On the run |
ATLARGE |
| Plug for a cask’s vent hole |
SPIGOT |
| Reach agreement |
SETTLE |
| Routine task |
CHORE |
| Small house in the country |
COTTAGE |
| Soft — musical instrument |
PIANO |
| Speedy |
RAPID |
| Wrinkle |
CREASE |