The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,771 – Feb 6 2024 Clues and Solutions
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Be cooperative | PLAYBALL |
| Cloistered | MONASTIC |
| Coil-shaped fossil | AMMONITE |
| Cricket score | FOUR |
| Desire to eat things other than food | PICA |
| Flood | ONRUSH |
| Gather, pick | CULL |
| Grasp the situation | TWIG |
| Like wet grass | DEWY |
| Plant such as the cuckoopint | ARUM |
| Prepare to perform | WARMUP |
| Rejection of one’s faith | APOSTASY |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Reproductive cell | GAMETE |
| Rub oiliest (anag) – overalls | BOILERSUIT |
| Self-determination | FREEWILL |
| Sell (illegal drugs) | PUSH |
| Shrub or tree with shiny green leaves | LAUREL |
| Soundly beaten | THRASHED |
| Still sealed | UNOPENED |
| Store’s main (anag) – laundry equipment | STEAMIRONS |
| Sudden puff of wind | GUST |
| Swotty | STUDIOUS |
| What gives vinegar its smell | ACETICACID |
| Without mercy | RELENTLESS |
