The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,159 - Dec 7 2018
| Clues | Answers |
| Aircraft's wing foil that controls lateral motion | AILERON |
| Avoidance | EVASION |
| Brandy | COGNAC |
| Capital of Afghanistan | KABUL |
| Captain Nemo's submarine | NAUTILUS |
| Charmed | BEGUILED |
| Children's game with bat and tennis ball | FRENCHCRICKET |
| Compunction | REMORSE |
| Flat mass of sea ice | FLOE |
| Full extent | GAMUT |
| Instrument to magnify the image of distant objects | TELESCOPE |
| Italian hero, who led his 'Thousand Redshirts' against the Austrians, d. 1882 | GARIBALDI |
| King Edward, for example | POTATO |
| Large Spanish estate | HACIENDA |
| Mechanism firing up an internal-combustion engine | IGNITION |
| Period immediately before | EVE |
| Plagiarise | CRIB |
| Red playing cards | HEARTS |
| Stubborn refusal to compromise | INTRANSIGENCE |
| Swedish prize-giver | NOBEL |
| Sweet fleshy fruit, often dried | FIG |
| Take-off and landing strip | RUNWAY |
| Unpleasantly harsh in sound | GRATING |
| Unsmiling | GRIM |
| Visible air pollution | SMOG |
| Yellow fruit (it's also the answer!) | LEMON |
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