The Guardian – Quick crossword No 14,493 – Oct 19 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| Abstain |
REFRAIN |
| Annual Hindu spring festival |
HOLI |
| Appropriate |
FITTING |
| Aromatic herb |
THYME |
| Arousing sexual desire |
EROTIC |
| Craig, Day-Lewis or Radcliffe? |
DANIEL |
| Deliberate act of disruption |
SABOTAGE |
| Disgruntled |
MIFFED |
| Do something as a favour |
OBLIGE |
| Flammable hydrocarbon — at once (anag) |
OCTANE |
| Greek god of the underworld |
PLUTO |
| In a perfect world |
IDEALLY |
| It robs men (anag) — old word for sulphur |
BRIMSTONE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Latter-Day Saints |
MORMONS |
| Leaner |
THINNER |
| Meaningful |
SIGNIFICANT |
| Modified to suit |
ADAPTED |
| Newspapers, collectively |
THEPRESS |
| Over the top |
EXCESSIVE |
| Painful when touched |
TENDER |
| Parched |
ARID |
| Scoundrel |
ROGUE |
| Seabird with a colourful bill |
PUFFIN |
| Trimmed — peeled |
PARED |
| Without profit to the seller |
ATCOST |
