The Guardian – Quick crossword No 14,656 – Apr 27 2017 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| (In music) a brisk and lively tempo |
ALLEGRO |
| Absorb — signet (anag) |
INGEST |
| Brief extract from interview or speech |
SOUNDBITE |
| Circuits of a racetrack |
LAPS |
| Conciliated |
APPEASED |
| Cooked in an oven |
BAKED |
| Corded fabric |
POPLIN |
| Decorative ball of tufted wool |
POMPOM |
| Device that attracts objects containing iron |
MAGNET |
| Fish-eating birds of prey |
OSPREYS |
| Free from slavery — anti-mum (anag) |
MANUMIT |
| Group of soldiers |
PLATOON |
| Hopeful people |
OPTIMISTS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Kind of soup |
BROTH |
| Lose momentum |
FALTER |
| Mixture of metals |
ALLOY |
| Out of practice |
RUSTY |
| See |
BEHOLD |
| Source of electric current |
DYNAMO |
| Stroganoff ingredient |
MUSHROOM |
| Threefold — singing voice |
TREBLE |
| Uncovered |
EXPOSED |
| Will Keith ___ , US breakfast cereal pioneer, d. 1951 |
KELLOGG |
| Zilch |
NOTASAUSAGE |
| __ and gloom |
DOOM |
