The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,758 – Jan 22 2024 Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Basketry material | OSIER |
| Bodleian, for example | LIBRARY |
| Bond creator | FLEMING |
| Burn with hot water | SCALD |
| Castle | CHATEAU |
| Chap | GEEZER |
| Constable’s stand? | EASEL |
| Decline ungraciously | REBUFF |
| Eager (anag.) | AGREE |
| Energetic – with numerous pulses? | FULLOFBEANS |
| Expend | USEUP |
| Feeling of listlessness | ENNUI |
| Flutterer? | EYELASH |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Fruit with orange flesh and small black seeds | PAPAYA |
| Heavy starchy food | STODGE |
| Hissing firework | SQUIB |
| Hunters’ term for the beasts they hunt | BIGGAME |
| In the arms of Morpheus | ASLEEP |
| Later days | OLDAGE |
| Muscular strength, as opposed to brains | BRAWN |
| Player’s jitters | STAGEFRIGHT |
| Rectangular | OBLONG |
| River flowing over US/Canada falls | NIAGARA |
| Shibboleth | TAGLINE |
| Space-travelling lettuce? | ROCKET |
| Wide of the mark | INEXACT |