The Guardian – Quick crossword No 14,646 – Apr 16 2017 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| Beetle whose larvae destroy potato plants |
COLORADO |
| Bitter verbal attack |
DIATRIBE |
| Code word for Z |
ZULU |
| Compromise position |
MIDDLE |
| Container for melting metal |
CRUCIBLE |
| Dry Rhine wine |
HOCK |
| Four-line stanza |
QUATRAIN |
| Good-looking |
HANDSOME |
| Molten volcanic rock |
LAVA |
| On a single occasion |
ONCE |
| One who spies pruriently on others |
PEEPINGTOM |
| Part of town bordering a sea, lake or river |
WATERFRONT |
| Clues |
Answers |
| See 14 |
GROUND |
| Short periods of time |
SPELLS |
| Shropshire county town |
SHREWSBURY |
| Slow moving |
SLUGGISH |
| Sorrowful cry |
WAIL |
| Type of hat |
TRILBY |
| UK body helping to end industrial disputes |
ACAS |
| Unauthorised passenger |
STOWAWAY |
| Uncomfortably hot |
SWELTERING |
| Water |
ADAMSALE |
| Without legal force |
NULL |
| __ Saint Laurent, couturier, d. 2008 |
YVES |
