The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,018 – Sep 8 2021 September 8 2021 Crossword Solution
The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,018 – Sep 8 2021
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Aural aperture | EARHOLE |
| Automatons | ZOMBIES |
| Chide a child | SCOLD |
| Common pest of gardens and crops | BLACKFLY |
| Current astrological period (heyday of the hippie and NewAge movements?) | AGEOFAQUARIUS |
| Daily newspaper, founded 1821 in Manchester | GUARDIAN |
| Deep gap | CHASM |
| Greek author of fables, d. c. 560 BC | AESOP |
| Hired murderer | ASSASSIN |
| I’ve no idea (informal) | DUNNO |
| Italian city with a shroud | TURIN |
| Keats’s ‘season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ | AUTUMN |
| Kevin ___ , American actor and singer, b. 1947 | KLINE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Kitchen utensil kept busy on Pancake Day? | LEMONSQUEEZER |
| Listen! | PSST |
| Marinade used on meat in Indian cuisine before grilling in a clay oven | TIKKA |
| Nervous tension on the putting green? | YIPS |
| Pair of pincers | TWEEZERS |
| Person who is the senior member of a group | DEAN |
| Port where in 1587 Francis Drake ‘singed the King of Spain’s beard’ | CADIZ |
| Source of great authority | ORACLE |
| Spiral pasta | FUSILLI |
| Total admission revenue from a sporting event | GATE |
| Unique thing | ONEOFF |
| Viz | NAMELY |
| Word of initials | ACRONYM |