The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 982 - Sep 9 2018
Clues | Answers |
... scraps with strange people on backstreet | ODDMENTS |
Alcohol bottle | SPIRIT |
Beat leading triathlete, then mope around | TEMPO |
Border traditions | CUSTOMS |
Closed up one end unwisely | UNOPENED |
Feed poorly, at first being hopeless | DEFEATIST |
Give up fish for stodgy food | DUMPLING |
Guessed Rocky meditates | ESTIMATED |
Indeed, organ is saved! | DELIVERED |
Irrationally fear being in elevator? This could save you | LIFERAFT |
Matilda's outwardly obsessive beast ... | ANIMAL |
New and bouncy building? | CASTLE |
Note scale of wee organ | BLADDER |
Poster calling for entry | ADMISSION |
Quiet rental, if you don't mind | PLEASE |
Said team expressed sadness | SIGHED |
Scrap force, we hear | MITE |
Slot a hip replacement here? | HOSPITAL |
Some implore newspaper to modernise | RENEW |
Sticks up for being over-complacent | SMUG |
Tonic and spice | PEPPER |
Touching silver developed stain | AGAINST |
Treat disease in Blackpool or Bognor? | SEASIDE |
What is charged for a poem? | ANODE |
When in good health, too | ASWELL |
Whinges tediously, having eaten | INGESTED |
Worn out journalist therein took a trip on a bus? | ERODED |
You finally overturned preacher's taste | UMAMI |
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