The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,597 – Jul 17 2023
| Clues |
Answers |
| 29 February |
LEAPDAY |
| A good deal |
MANY |
| American aubergine |
EGGPLANT |
| Begrudge |
ENVY |
| Commonplace |
BANAL |
| Comprehend |
PERCEIVE |
| Decorate |
ADORN |
| Disinfectant used by farmers |
SHEEPDIP |
| Founder of the Mongol empire, d. 1227 |
GENGHISKHAN |
| Furious |
LIVID |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Groups or sets of seven |
HEPTADS |
| Jumping (with a rope?) |
SKIPPING |
| One of two nameless, but important, roles in Hamlet, Act V, scene 1 |
GRAVEDIGGER |
| Ordinary soldiers |
RANKANDFILE |
| Refuse to give up |
NEVERSAYDIE |
| Seize wrongfully |
USURP |
| Something huge |
WHOPPER |
| Spruce up |
TIDY |
| Tease — nincompoop |
TWIT |
| US lexicographer — Jacobean playwright |
WEBSTER |
