The Guardian - Speedy crossword No 1,209 - Dec 2 2018
| Clues | Answers |
| Catcall; bird sound | HOOT |
| Cheers! | DOWNTHEHATCH |
| Chekhov play (1900) | THREESISTERS |
| Excessively or affectedly quaint | TWEE |
| Fabric with vertical ribs, usually made of cotton | CORDUROY |
| Genuflecting | ONBENDEDKNEE |
| Grant; concede | ALLOW |
| Greek Muse of history | CLIO |
| Hate ties (anag) | HESITATE |
| Hit from the tee in golf | DRIVE |
| In the act of broadcasting | ONAIR |
| Kitty, pool of money, to scoop | JACKPOT |
| Manner of speaking | IDIOM |
| Marienbad, for one | SPA |
| Oscar | ACADEMYAWARD |
| Patron saint of music | CECILIA |
| Plant with erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers | LUPIN |
| Poisonous plant, the root of which is used medicinally or as a narcotic | MANDRAKE |
| Preponderate; take precedence over | OUTWEIGH |
| Pull sharply | YANK |
| Queer; irregular | ODD |
| Ran over | SCANNED |
| Subordinate who performs a routine but important function | COG |
| Tall conical Muslim hat | TAJ |
| Teutonic god, counterpart of the Norse Odin | WOTAN |
| Turns in | RETIRES |
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