The Guardian - Speedy crossword No 1,271 - February 9 2020
| Clues | Answers |
| Cancel; nullify | NEGATE |
| Cartilage; chewy piece of meat | GRISTLE |
| Cheap (but often cheerful!) wine | PLONK |
| Clumsy; overbearing | HEAVYHANDED |
| Common-or-garden; par | AVERAGE |
| Compact; concord | TREATY |
| Eclipse: abstruse | OBSCURE |
| Electric horns or warning hooters | KLAXONS |
| Freeze over; glaciate | ICEUP |
| Hold forth; address | ORATE |
| Hook up; stick on | ATTACH |
| In a church, an extension of the nave | AISLE |
| In motion; up and about | ASTIR |
| Largish unknown made-up number | UMPTEEN |
| Members of the duck family | GEESE |
| Muse of poets and musicians | ERATO |
| Pacific tropical storm of hurricane strength | TYPHOON |
| Paperless travel authorisation issued online | ETICKET |
| Ritzy; sumptuous | OPULENT |
| Russian musical company, main rival to the Bolshoi in opera and ballet | KIROV |
| Set of ingenious plans: surprise package | BAGOFTRICKS |
| Tribal reservation massacred by the US army in 1890 – object of civil rights protests in 1973 | WOUNDEDKNEE |
| User-up? (anag) | PURSUE |
| Wicked enchantress, half-sister and enemy of King Arthur | MORGANLEFAY |
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