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Issue 16 Crossword Answers

RISK 4 letters
Gamble, venture
CLIFF 5 letters
Steep overhang
STARS 5 letters
They're seen in dark sky
ACID 4 letters
Sulphuric or hydrochloric
DAME 4 letters
Respectful title for female
FLAX 4 letters
Linen-producing crop
FELLS 5 letters
Knocks to the ground
WEDS 4 letters
Joins in marriage
CHART 5 letters
Graph
TAKEN 5 letters
Already occupied
WHAM 4 letters
Smack, bang
AKIN 4 letters
Connected, related
EXIT 4 letters
Go out
TOXIN 5 letters
Poison
SULTAN 6 letters
Muslim ruler
ABHOR 5 letters
Despise
PREROGATIVE 11 letters
Special right
PROPS 5 letters
Items on stage
DOFF 4 letters
Raise hat in greeting (arch)
NUMBER 6 letters
Numeral
RIO 3 letters
Spanish for river
TWO 3 letters
Half of four
RIPOFF 6 letters
Cheat, con (inf)
INN 3 letters
Tavern
ROD 3 letters
Cane, stick
OBLIGE 6 letters
Be helpful
SLURP 5 letters
Swig
MARSH 5 letters
Swamp
OCELOT 6 letters
Yellowish spotted wildcat
CHEW 4 letters
Gnaw at food
ALL 3 letters
Entirely
EAR 3 letters
One either side of head
VISAGE 6 letters
Face, appearance
DEPICT 6 letters
Show in pictures
RETIRE 6 letters
Go to bed
DOOM 4 letters
Miserable fate
SIESTA 6 letters
Spanish catnap
PUMP 4 letters
Light close-fitting shoe
AWRY 4 letters
Twisted to one side
PETROLEUM 9 letters
Oil from wells
PRY 3 letters
Be inquisitive
TREAT 5 letters
Usually sweet snack
TIDILY 6 letters
Without mess
AVAIL 5 letters
Take advantage
ADORNS 6 letters
Pretties up
LARDER 6 letters
Pantry
EATS 4 letters
Devours
OWED 4 letters
Needed to repay
SPUR 4 letters
Galvanize into action
WHISPERED 9 letters
Said very quietly
SADLY 5 letters
Tragically
RISER 5 letters
Upright part of step
NOSTALGIC 9 letters
Emotional about past
STRUDEL 7 letters
Thin pastry confection
YOWL 4 letters
Caterwaul
ADDUP 5 letters
Reckon numbers
STARLING 8 letters
Common bird
ROMEO 5 letters
Male suitor
OUTMODED 8 letters
Behind the times
ACME 4 letters
Zenith
TOUSLE 6 letters
Ruffle, disarrange (hair)
ENDS 4 letters
Concludes
NAPOLEON 8 letters
Historical French leader
NASTINESS 9 letters
Foulness, ugliness
LIES 4 letters
Fibs
SIDESTEP 8 letters
Avoid, bypass
LIDS 4 letters
Tops of jars
KISS 4 letters
Peck on cheek
KIDDING 7 letters
Gently teasing
GILT 4 letters
Gold layer
COVETOUS 8 letters
Envious
ORATE 5 letters
Lecture, expound
OUTER 5 letters
External
SADDEN 6 letters
Cause sorrow
ARMS 4 letters
Emblems on shields
TART 4 letters
An open pie
ELEMENTS 8 letters
Basic parts
BEEPER 6 letters
Small receiver for alerts
CARACAS 7 letters
Venezuelan capital
ANVIL 5 letters
Metal-hammering block
LARGESSE 8 letters
Generosity
SENATE 6 letters
Upper assembly in US
HAVE 4 letters
Possess
UNLADEN 7 letters
No longer loaded
THYME 5 letters
Herb in cooking
RIVER 5 letters
Thames or Mississippi?
NOVELTY 7 letters
Something new
COLLECTS 8 letters
Goes and gets
IDLE 4 letters
Loll about
CHERUBIC 8 letters
Adorable, appealing
SPOUSE 6 letters
Wife, for example
OBSCURE 7 letters
Fuzzy-looking
WHINED 6 letters
Complained
DURABLE 7 letters
Long-lasting and tough
RANDOM 6 letters
Unsystematic, by chance
VOTED 5 letters
Marked ballot paper
NARRATOR 8 letters
Recounter of story
TRUCE 5 letters
Suspension of hostilities
EGGS 4 letters
Food items in shells
TRUDGED 7 letters
Walked wearily
BLURB 5 letters
Advertising description (inf)
DRESS 5 letters
Robe
MACHETE 7 letters
Broad heavy knife
NOTORIETY 9 letters
Bad reputation
MIMIC 5 letters
Imitator
DRINK 5 letters
Cola or coffee, for example
DEMURRING 9 letters
Objecting to
CLERK 5 letters
Bank worker
PURE 4 letters
Unadulterated
FUNDS 5 letters
Cash, monies
EERIE 5 letters
Uncanny
RUNE 4 letters
Ancient symbol
CRAB 4 letters
Seafood
PILE 4 letters
A lot! (inf)
SPITE 5 letters
Ill-will
UNIVERSITY 10 letters
Harvard or Yale
ADOPT 5 letters
Legally take on
SPURN 5 letters
Turn down (offer)
MEANT 5 letters
Intended
NOISE 5 letters
Hubbub
ENTHRALLED 10 letters
Captivated, thrilled
INOCULATION 11 letters
Stimulation of antibodies
EATEN 5 letters
Food's all gone!
EVE 3 letters
Close of day (abbr)
TEETH 5 letters
They require brushing
EYE 3 letters
Small facial organ
SPIES 5 letters
Observes from hiding
ISSUE 5 letters
Put in circulation
SKIER 5 letters
Cold weather sportsperson
MOOSE 5 letters
Animal with antlers
DRIED 5 letters
Dehydrated
TESTIMONIAL 11 letters
Letter of recommendation
BEFRIENDED 10 letters
Buddied up with
TATTOO 6 letters
Apply skin decoration
NURSED 6 letters
Looked after in illness
HAUL 4 letters
Heave a load
SKIING 6 letters
Gliding down slopes
AXES 4 letters
Tools to chop wood
EDGE 4 letters
Advance stealthily towards
TURQUOISE 9 letters
Greenish-blue gem
SUE 3 letters
Take to court
ODDER 5 letters
More unusual
RECALL 6 letters
Recollect
GAMES 5 letters
Sports matches
MOANED 6 letters
Whined
SHADOW 6 letters
Constant companion (inf)
PAGE 4 letters
Messenger, young servant
ASKS 4 letters
Invites
SIDE 4 letters
Sports team
STATIONED 9 letters
Positioned
EASEL 5 letters
Support for painting
ENDOW 5 letters
Bestow money
RINGING 7 letters
Phoning
PORT 4 letters
Place for boats
NEEDLE 6 letters
Goad, annoy
ACROBATS 8 letters
Tightrope walkers
CAKES 5 letters
Treats for birthdays
CULPABILITY 11 letters
Blame
ADVERTISING 11 letters
Putting out public notices
UNNERVE 7 letters
Deprive of courage
RAKED 5 letters
Gathered up leaves
PAID 4 letters
Handed over money
CLUB 4 letters
Regular meeting group
SEE 3 letters
View for oneself
FANCIFUL 8 letters
Unrealistic
BEGGAR 6 letters
Person seeking charity
ATTEST 6 letters
Certify on oath
EJECTED 7 letters
Kicked-out, evicted
QUICHE 6 letters
Open unsweetened pie
LOB 3 letters
Toss ball
BRIBE 5 letters
Hush money
CHUB 4 letters
Large minnow
JETS 4 letters
Travels by air
WOOL 4 letters
Type of yarn for fabric
THIEF 5 letters
Robber
CROUTON 7 letters
Cube in soup
WELLHEELED 10 letters
Affluent, moneyed (inf)
CORRUPTED 9 letters
Spoiled, made imperfect
ELEMENTAL 9 letters
Fundamental, uncomplicated
SLATHERED 9 letters
Applied thickly
LINKS 5 letters
Joins golf course?
THRIFTY 7 letters
Unwasteful, canny
ERAS 4 letters
Stages in history
EVEN 4 letters
Level
OILY 4 letters
Notably greasy
NARRATED 8 letters
Told a story
REMARK 6 letters
Comment
OILTANKER 9 letters
Large commercial sea vessel
STROLLING 9 letters
Wandering casually
PANEL 5 letters
Advisory group
SLY 3 letters
Sneaky
FLIRTED 7 letters
Romanced, trifled with
EXACTLY 7 letters
Spot-on
RETRO 5 letters
Fashionably nostalgic
OSCAR 5 letters
International codeword for O
STAR 4 letters
Mark with asterisk
BLOC 4 letters
Coalition of countries
SIGNAL 6 letters
Traffic light
ATHLETIC 8 letters
Fit and lithe
BEAN 4 letters
Soya or coffee, perhaps
PROCEDURE 9 letters
Series of steps
EFFECTIVE 9 letters
Beneficial
TOMB 4 letters
Burial chamber
BLIP 4 letters
Temporary small change
DOMICILED 9 letters
Resident, inhabiting
WISP 4 letters
Strand of hair, maybe
MICROWAVE 9 letters
Small kitchen cooker
DEAN 4 letters
Faculty head
AFAR 4 letters
Way over yonder (arch)
DRAGONFLY 9 letters
Wetland winged insect
FAIR 4 letters
Gathering of buyers and sellers
BENEVOLENT 10 letters
Kind-hearted, compassionate
TUTOR 5 letters
Give individual coaching
LARGE 5 letters
Enormous
SALAD 5 letters
Summer foodstuff
IDEAL 5 letters
Faultless
ASSISTANCE 10 letters
Help, support
NATURALNESS 11 letters
Lack of pretension, simplicity
VERGE 5 letters
Edge
GAG 3 letters
Choke, retch
DELHI 5 letters
Major Asian capital
ERR 3 letters
Blunder
LUNGE 5 letters
Sudden thrust
NIGHT 5 letters
Hours of darkness
ENTER 5 letters
Set foot in
BRAVO 5 letters
Codeword for B
UNIFY 5 letters
Merge into one
NEGOTIATION 11 letters
Attempt at agreement
STEREOTYPE 10 letters
Hackneyed perception
KERNEL 6 letters
Heart, core
STUDY 5 letters
Learn about subject
ADJOURNMENT 11 letters
Gap in legal proceedings
GAPED 5 letters
Was wide open
BLUE 4 letters
Low feeling (inf)
VENTED 6 letters
Voiced emotion
AIL 3 letters
Sicken
NOD 3 letters
Start to doze
OBEYED 6 letters
Carried out command
PLY 3 letters
Veneer wood layer
OPT 3 letters
Pick one
PICKLE 6 letters
Difficult situation (inf)
VENUS 5 letters
Roman goddess of love
MAIZE 5 letters
Long-eared cereal grass
ESTEEM 6 letters
Revere and appreciate
SAYS 4 letters
Speaks
ARC 3 letters
Part of circumference
YOU 3 letters
Not me
NUZZLE 6 letters
Prod with nose
OPINIONATED 11 letters
Not open-minded
PLUMB 5 letters
Install water supply
NOSEGAY 7 letters
Small flower posy
NIP 3 letters
Sharp sting
TURGID 6 letters
Bloated, distended
DETROIT 7 letters
US industrial city
ABIDES 6 letters
Settles, dwells
BLUES 5 letters
Melancholic music style
OPERATING 9 letters
Controlling machinery
DEBUGGED 8 letters
Removed software errors
ICON 4 letters
Graphic symbol on screen
SAP 3 letters
Wear down, debilitate
AFFIXED 7 letters
Stuck on
YEARN 5 letters
Pine for
NUCLEAR 7 letters
Atomic
ATE 3 letters
Breakfasted, for example
ENTIRE 6 letters
All of it
MYSTIC 6 letters
Fortune-teller
IFFY 4 letters
Questionable (inf)
DISCOUNT 8 letters
Money off
URBAN 5 letters
Of the city
EXITING 7 letters
Leaving the room
NAP 3 letters
Sleep briefly
EMBER 5 letters
Red fragment of coal
DECIPHERING 11 letters
Interpreting scrawl
FRIABLE 7 letters
Crumbly (soil)
SCORPIO 7 letters
Autumn zodiac sign
DEBAR 5 letters
Exclude person
CONCEIT 7 letters
Self-pride
BILGE 5 letters
Bottom section of ship
WEEDY 5 letters
Overgrown (plant bed)
RACKET 6 letters
Clattering noise
MOBILE 6 letters
Cellphone in UK
PLUTONIUM 9 letters
Chemical element symbol Pu
AIRMAIL 7 letters
Postal service by plane
CAGED 5 letters
Confined
LAID 4 letters
Deposited in place
STAIN 5 letters
Soil, mark
ELEMENT 7 letters
Oxygen is one
SKIRTED 7 letters
Circumvented
SMIDGEN 7 letters
Tiny bit (inf)
FLING 5 letters
Throw, hurl
SKIM 4 letters
Clear the surface
ASIDE 5 letters
Out of the way
GRIMY 5 letters
Very dirty
WHINE 5 letters
Whimper, moan
STRUM 5 letters
Play guitar
USHERED 7 letters
Directed to seats
DEMAND 6 letters
Request for payment
SNEEZE 6 letters
Sudden nasal noise
MONITORED 9 letters
Kept check on
CALMS 5 letters
Quietens
ENVOY 5 letters
Government delegate
RELATIVES 9 letters
Kith and kin
SPRAY 5 letters
Wet weather hazard
CELEBRATE 9 letters
Make merry
VIRAL 5 letters
Widely circulated via social media
EXTRA 5 letters
More
PROBATE 7 letters
Verified copy of will
LLAMA 5 letters
Andes pack animal
SURREALISM 10 letters
Dreamlike art style
REMIT 5 letters
Send payment
TARRY 5 letters
Delay leaving (arch)
GLEAN 5 letters
Gather facts
SMEAR 5 letters
Messy mark
ASSESSMENT 10 letters
Appraisal, rating
REMORSELESS 11 letters
Pitiless, unashamed
ENTRY 5 letters
Hallway
RYE 3 letters
Type of bread flour
NURSE 5 letters
Health care professional
URN 3 letters
Round-bodied vase
LIBEL 5 letters
Written defamation
BISON 5 letters
Large North American mammal
LEASE 5 letters
Legal agreement to use
GENRE 5 letters
Type of film, book etc
AMBLE 5 letters
Walk along leisurely
SUSTAINABLE 11 letters
Capable of being supported
ANTECEDENT 10 letters
Event before another
GAMBLE 6 letters
Bet
OGRE 4 letters
Feared creature
ADORN 5 letters
Beautify, enhance
GAMBIT 6 letters
Often risky ploy
ZONE 4 letters
Area
GAGGED 6 letters
Silenced
ATOM 4 letters
Very small bit
ABLE 4 letters
Skilled
ROBBER 6 letters
Violent thief
REPLY 5 letters
Respond to
LONDON 6 letters
UK's largest city
OTTER 5 letters
Sleek water animal
EGRESS 6 letters
Exit
BREWS 5 letters
Infuses, steeps
BURNER 6 letters
Criminal's phone (inf)
USED 4 letters
Second-hand
DUDE 4 letters
Fella, mister (inf)
DEMO 4 letters
Try-out of service (abbr)
WIDEST 6 letters
Not narrowest
OVERHEAT 8 letters
Get too hot
ARGUED 6 letters
Crossed swords or words!
SOFA 4 letters
Couch
VERBATIM 8 letters
Word for word
OREGON 6 letters
Salem state in US
PLEA 4 letters
Declaration of innocence or guilt
OVERDO 6 letters
Exaggerate
EERILY 6 letters
Weirdly
RHUBARB 7 letters
Stalks used as fruit
GNAT 4 letters
Small biting fly
SELDOM 6 letters
Rarely
MODIFIED 8 letters
Made less extreme
TUNNEL 6 letters
Underground crossing
EXTERIOR 8 letters
Outdoors scene
STUPID 6 letters
Senseless
POLITE 6 letters
Well-behaved, civil
MIGHTY 6 letters
Strong, all-important
GARNET 6 letters
Semi-precious red stone
TEAL 4 letters
Shade of blue
EYES 4 letters
Looks at
FEDERER 7 letters
Roger, retired tennis champ
DATA 4 letters
Statistical information
FETTLE 6 letters
State of health (inf)
TREMOR 6 letters
A shudder
LITHE 5 letters
Graceful, flexible
IMBUE 5 letters
Pervade
HOOLIGAN 8 letters
Vandal, ruffian
EBBED 5 letters
Receded (tide)
BELT 4 letters
Boxing award for champion
EYEBROW 7 letters
Upper facial feature
ATMOSPHERIC 11 letters
Of a distinctive mood
OFTEN 5 letters
Time and again
STIPULATION 11 letters
Condition of agreement
TABOO 5 letters
Definitely off limits
FULLEST 7 letters
Least empty
ONESIDED 8 letters
Biased
TRIP 4 letters
Excursion
TRILLION 8 letters
Very large number
POPLAR 6 letters
Tall slender tree
PAVLOVA 7 letters
Cream and meringue dish
TROWEL 6 letters
Garden hand-tool
GOOEY 5 letters
Gunky, gungy (inf)
ENVY 4 letters
Covetousness
GOALPOST 8 letters
It holds up the net (sport)
OWLET 5 letters
Little hooter?
WARN 4 letters
Tip off
ISOLATE 7 letters
Single out
IGLOO 5 letters
Dome made of ice
CANNY 5 letters
Knowing, wily
UNITY 5 letters
Accord, alliance
PROBATION 9 letters
Trial period
BOARD 5 letters
Panel, slat
DIRGE 5 letters
Mournful tune
BAZAARS 7 letters
Markets with stalls
DRIVE 5 letters
Golfer's tee shot
COMMANDER 9 letters
Person in charge
ROYAL 5 letters
Princely
ALIGN 5 letters
Straighten up
PYRAMID 7 letters
Triangular 3-D shape
LADEN 5 letters
Weighed down
NITTYGRITTY 11 letters
Nub of matter (inf)
IVY 3 letters
Common climbing vine
TAHITI 6 letters
South Pacific island
GRUEL 5 letters
Poorhouse food (arch)
INCH 4 letters
Twelfth of a foot
TRIPPED 7 letters
Stumbled
MYTH 4 letters
Traditional belief
URCHIN 6 letters
Raggedy-clothed youngster
BRITTLE 7 letters
Easily breakable
RAVIOLI 7 letters
Filled pasta squares
IMAGES 6 letters
Illustrations
BERMUDA 7 letters
Island group off North Carolina
EAGLE 5 letters
Soaring powerful bird
EDIT 4 letters
Rephrase, for example
HOTDOG 6 letters
Sandwiched frankfurter
GUSH 4 letters
Spurt
SON 3 letters
Boy in family
DISTRESSING 11 letters
Very upsetting
EGG 3 letters
Fried food item
PIAZZA 6 letters
Public square (Italian)
WHALE 5 letters
Largest sea creature
RISE 4 letters
Go up
NEGLECT 7 letters
Overlook
IGUANA 6 letters
Crested lizard
SAGA 4 letters
Lengthy account
DAZZLES 7 letters
Shines brilliantly
AMIABLE 7 letters
Agreeable in character
FLIGHT 6 letters
Set of stairs
QUALITY 7 letters
Attribute, trait
UNLIT 5 letters
Lightless
MEGA 4 letters
Hugely successful (inf)
OBOE 4 letters
Musical instrument with two reeds
LOGGED 6 letters
Noted in writing
END 3 letters
Finale
DEVASTATED 10 letters
Made distraught
MATRIARCH 9 letters
Family's female head
ADORNMENT 9 letters
Embellishment
ABOLISHES 9 letters
Stamps out, finishes forever
BAGGY 5 letters
Ill-fitting, slack
LARGEST 7 letters
Greatest in size
SEEN 4 letters
Witnessed with eyes
EMIT 4 letters
Send out (smoke)
AIDE 4 letters
Sidekick
GARDENIA 8 letters
Shrub grown for attractive white flowers
RARING 6 letters
Eager, enthusiastic (inf)
APPETIZER 9 letters
Taster, titbit
ADULTHOOD 9 letters
Grown-up stage of life
ARMED 5 letters
Supplied with
EEL 3 letters
Slippery fish
PASTURE 7 letters
Grassland for grazing
CENTRAL 7 letters
Main, essential
WHEEL 5 letters
Spin, twirl
SPURT 5 letters
Accelerated growth period
SODA 4 letters
Type of bread
LOGO 4 letters
Organization's symbol
POLISH 6 letters
Buff to a shine
HONOLULU 8 letters
Capital of Hawaii
PESO 4 letters
South American currency
MAJORETTE 9 letters
Baton twirler in marching band
SNICK 5 letters
Cut slightly
NOVEL 5 letters
Completely new
CASEMENT 8 letters
Side-hinged window
FLUTE 5 letters
Groove on column
LOPE 4 letters
Take long strides
TUSSLED 7 letters
Scuffled
PERFORATION 11 letters
A puncture
STINK 5 letters
Smell horrible
STARSTUDDED 11 letters
Celebrity-filled
ELVIS 5 letters
Mr Presley
TYPESET 7 letters
Prepare for printing
FILAMENT 8 letters
Bulb's wire conductor
BLUR 4 letters
Obscure the vision
SUBTLETY 8 letters
Important narrow distinction
ROVING 6 letters
Wandering
VAUNTED 7 letters
Made much of
PUNDIT 6 letters
Authority, guru
TAILS 5 letters
Dogs wag them
THUS 4 letters
Consequently (arch)
FALTERED 8 letters
Teetered, wobbled
RAISE 5 letters
Make higher
SCAR 4 letters
Mark from wound
OPTICAL 7 letters
Pertaining to sight
EXILE 5 letters
Banishment
ADORE 5 letters
Revere, esteem
HYPED 5 letters
Boosted, increased
ABSURDITY 9 letters
Sheer nonsense
WALL 4 letters
Side of house
SEAT 4 letters
Chair
POLARBEAR 9 letters
Large arctic animal
PITT 4 letters
Brad, movie star
REPAYMENT 9 letters
Money given back
HOOTS 5 letters
Shouts with laughter
ONTAP 5 letters
Convenient, at hand
ECOSYSTEM 9 letters
Ecologically functioning environment
SHEEP 5 letters
Meek submissive person
HALF 4 letters
One of two equal parts
ASKING 6 letters
Inviting
EDGED 5 letters
Sidled
PAVE 4 letters
Lay level surface
CEASED 6 letters
Stopped action
DAMS 4 letters
Blocks water flow
DRAPES 6 letters
Hangs in folds
OFFICE 6 letters
Indoor place of work
EASE 4 letters
Loosen
ADAGE 5 letters
Proverb
DOGTAG 6 letters
Canine marker
EVADE 5 letters
Dodge
VOICED 6 letters
Uttered
AFFIX 5 letters
Glue on
AGES 4 letters
Epochs
SWAT 4 letters
Sharp blow
FRIZZY 6 letters
Not straight (hair)
ZERO 4 letters
Zilch
SALAMI 6 letters
Thinly-sliced sausage
EURO 4 letters
Italian currency
TAMP 4 letters
Drive into ground
BATTLEMENTS 11 letters
Castle wall features for defending
STY 3 letters
Where pigs are housed
PONTIFICATE 11 letters
Speak pompously
WHOA 4 letters
Stop!
CATASTROPHE 11 letters
Utter fiasco
SCRAP 5 letters
Remnant
STEAL 5 letters
Thieve
LAPEL 5 letters
Continuation of collar
BELIEFS 7 letters
Faiths, credences
PLIED 5 letters
Worked at trade
LYNX 4 letters
Mottled wildcat
SCOWL 5 letters
Glower
WOOF 4 letters
Dog sound
AGE 3 letters
Seniority, oldness
INSTIGATION 11 letters
Incitement
PIPING 6 letters
Fabric trimming
NAPPING 7 letters
Nodding off briefly
NULL 4 letters
Legally worthless
RAIDED 6 letters
Burgled, robbed
AFFIRMED 8 letters
Stated positively
DRAFT 5 letters
First version
DRENCH 6 letters
Soak
POPULAR 7 letters
Having many friends
RIPS 4 letters
Cuts, slits
FLARE 5 letters
Sudden outburst (of temper)
NAIL 4 letters
Fastener for wood
OPERATIC 8 letters
Like a musical drama
SWIRLING 8 letters
Spinning, especially in water
GAWK 4 letters
Gape at
BEAK 4 letters
Bird's mouth
KNUCKLE 7 letters
Finger joint
STOCKS 6 letters
Holds in store
WOLF 4 letters
Devour food (inf)
OSPREY 6 letters
Fish-eating hawk
TOMORROW 8 letters
In the offing, the future
MICRO 5 letters
Very small
PUTS 4 letters
Places, positions something
JIVE 4 letters
Lively swinging dance
CACTI 5 letters
Succulent plants
FLICKER 7 letters
Gleam intermittently
SPONGE 6 letters
Used in the bath
MERELY 6 letters
Only, simply
IMPULSION 9 letters
Driving force, instinct
STARTED 7 letters
Got under way
ORCA 4 letters
Black and white whale
AGAPE 5 letters
In mid-yawn
ANTELOPE 8 letters
Gazelle, for example
EXAMS 5 letters
Testing times at school? (abbr)
MOTORING 8 letters
Moving at speed (inf)
TEAM 4 letters
Soccer side
UPROAR 6 letters
Commotion
RIDE 4 letters
Sit on horse
IDEALISM 8 letters
Extreme optimism
MASTERKEY 9 letters
It opens all doors
SEES 4 letters
Understands
SUNLIGHT 8 letters
Natural illumination
DUKE 4 letters
Royal title
MEEK 4 letters
Submissive
SAMPRAS 7 letters
Pete, former tennis champ
EAST 4 letters
To right of north
NEGLIGEE 8 letters
Soft flimsy garment
EDICT 5 letters
Legal diktat
GAZED 5 letters
Looked fixedly
KEEPER 6 letters
Custodian
EPIC 4 letters
Outstanding, impressive (inf)
KING 4 letters
Crowned head of state
ESTIMATE 8 letters
Rough calculation
STATED 6 letters
Uttered opinion
ADJECTIVE 9 letters
Descriptive word
AJAR 4 letters
Slightly open
RICH 4 letters
Well-off
BLOG 4 letters
Write for online audience
POLICECAR 9 letters
Law enforcement vehicle
GRIP 4 letters
Hold firmly
OUTOFDATE 9 letters
Obsolete
PARIS 5 letters
Home of the Louvre
YELLS 5 letters
Hollers
PORTFOLIO 9 letters
Range of investments
SEALS 5 letters
Makes airtight
IDLY 4 letters
Leisurely, without purpose
SUPERINTEND 11 letters
Oversee
ZIP 3 letters
Oomph, verve
HALLUCINATE 11 letters
Experience delusions
TOUR 4 letters
Take a trip round
ADJUDICATOR 11 letters
Panel judge
TOPIC 5 letters
Issue for discussion
ALERT 5 letters
Watchful
TIMER 5 letters
Device to measure minutes
HILLOCK 7 letters
Knoll
CATTY 5 letters
Snide, malicious (inf)
AIRY 4 letters
Not at all stuffy
ONAIR 5 letters
Televised right now
IDOL 4 letters
Object of worship
ALP 3 letters
Mainly European mountain
TRANSLATION 11 letters
Language conversion
BUGBEAR 7 letters
Object of dread
WAVERED 7 letters
Kept changing mind
YEARS 5 letters
Cycles of 12 months
AUDIT 5 letters
Examination of accounts
GIVEANDTAKE 11 letters
Make compromises
EARNS 5 letters
Deserves
TIRED 5 letters
Sleepy, drowsy
RECEIPT 7 letters
Sales slip
DOWAGER 7 letters
Dignified elderly lady
RUDDY 5 letters
Reddish
YOUTH 5 letters
Lack of age
MEANS 5 letters
Resources, wealth
ENCOURAGING 11 letters
Supportive, reassuring
SOUTH 5 letters
Opposite of north
SITAR 5 letters
Very long-necked musical instrument
VARNISH 7 letters
Wood coating
COPED 5 letters
Managed the situation
NEEDLESS 8 letters
Unnecessary
YOWLED 6 letters
Mewled loudly
SKIN 4 letters
Outside of fruit
EPISODE 7 letters
Part of TV serial
RUGBY 5 letters
Sport played with oval ball
RUPEE 5 letters
Cash in Mumbai
WAILING 7 letters
Noisily expressing grief
INDULGED 8 letters
Spoiled oneself or others
PONY 4 letters
Smaller horse
EXPONENT 8 letters
Practitioner
HERESY 6 letters
Unorthodox opinion
REGALLY 7 letters
Royally
EXPECT 6 letters
Think it likely
TRESTLE 7 letters
Braced framework, support
SEDATE 6 letters
Calm with medication
BASIS 5 letters
Foundation
RELOCATE 8 letters
Move business premises
AWARE 5 letters
Awake
MANY 4 letters
Opposite of few
SULTANA 7 letters
Dried white grape
EXACT 5 letters
Precise
SLYLY 5 letters
Craftily
EXTREME 7 letters
Not at all moderate
MISERLY 7 letters
Penny-pinching
IDIOTIC 7 letters
Silly
KNAVE 5 letters
Scoundrel (arch)
RUMMAGE 7 letters
Search through untidily
SPURS 5 letters
Goads to action
CEDES 5 letters
Gives up control
IODINE 6 letters
Chemical used as antiseptic
PURPLE 6 letters
Blue-red combination
ADAMANTLY 9 letters
Firmly, resolutely
EVOLVED 7 letters
Developed naturally
MERGE 5 letters
Blend together
LAIR 4 letters
Place of refuge
IMAGE 5 letters
Reflection
ARTICLE 7 letters
Piece in magazine
INFERNO 7 letters
Conflagration
STATELY 7 letters
Grand, distinguished
TRUNK 5 letters
Large luggage box
UNIT 4 letters
Module
EBONY 5 letters
Heavy dark wood
AMUSE 5 letters
Cheer, delight
AZTEC 5 letters
Historic Mexican Empire
BAMBI 5 letters
Early Disney film
LAZIEST 7 letters
Most slothful
NESTLE 6 letters
Find comfy corner
KENNEL 6 letters
The doghouse!
RAIL 4 letters
Protest strongly about
PEONY 5 letters
Large spring garden flower
EAVES 5 letters
Overhanging roof borders
COOT 4 letters
Small waterbird
AVOW 4 letters
Promise
ALTO 4 letters
Voice higher than tenor
YELPS 5 letters
Squeals
SAFE 4 letters
Unharmed
FEWER 5 letters
Smaller in number
HOUND 5 letters
Pursue relentlessly
GOWN 4 letters
Academic robe
NUTS 4 letters
Salted snacks
AWED 4 letters
Overwhelmed, astonished
ROWED 5 letters
Used oars
CANNON 6 letters
Large ceremonial gun
SKATE 5 letters
Edible diamond-shaped fish
ADAPT 5 letters
Refashion, alter
CHECK 5 letters
Square pattern
OMAN 4 letters
Its capital is Muscat
TALKED 6 letters
Lectured
HUM 3 letters
Sing with closed lips
NOT 3 letters
Neither nor
PACING 6 letters
Anxiously walking about
GUM 3 letters
Substance for sticking
IRE 3 letters
Wrath
ELM 3 letters
Tall tree
LASTLY 6 letters
Ultimately
WIDTH 5 letters
Dimension across
AGREE 5 letters
Settle a dispute
VALID 5 letters
Legally acceptable
EASING 6 letters
Alleviating
AWAY 4 letters
Absent
ASS 3 letters
Braying animal
ANT 3 letters
It lives in a hill!
EDIBLE 6 letters
Palatable
TUTU 4 letters
Worn by ballerina
REGION 6 letters
Geographical area
TOKYO 5 letters
Japanese capital
ADDS 4 letters
Puts in extra
PEELER 6 letters
Scraper for vegetables
RULE 4 letters
Bylaw
OODLES 6 letters
Masses, many (inf)
PURIFY 6 letters
Make perfectly clean
SALT 4 letters
Make brine with it
ICONS 5 letters
Computer display symbols
CLEAVE 6 letters
Split apart
SCORN 5 letters
Treat with contempt
CRISIS 6 letters
Significant turning-point
ASHES 5 letters
Cinders
SEWN 4 letters
Darned, mended
NILE 4 letters
Very long river
SUITED 6 letters
Was right for purpose
EACH 4 letters
Apiece
EVOLVE 6 letters
Gradually change
ITCH 4 letters
Craving, yen (inf)
AGHAST 6 letters
Appalled
RANKS 5 letters
Grades of officers
EARN 4 letters
Receive money for effort
ARISE 5 letters
Stand up
AGONIES 7 letters
Miseries, torments
CYCLE 5 letters
Recurrence of events
CRAGGY 6 letters
Rugged-looking
HONK 4 letters
Sound of hooter
KILO 4 letters
Metric unit of weight
IMITATE 7 letters
Copy
SUSHI 5 letters
Vinegared rice with garnish
ELITE 5 letters
Choicest, the cream
OPPORTUNIST 11 letters
One who takes advantage
PROVISO 7 letters
Stipulation in contract
NAME 4 letters
Personal label
ESTATE 6 letters
Assets, legacy
CURBS 5 letters
Checks, controls
SQUID 5 letters
Tentacled sea creature
MILES 5 letters
Measures of distance
LEECH 5 letters
Bloodsucking worm
QUEUE 5 letters
People waiting
UNDO 4 letters
Computer cancel command
BETA 4 letters
Pre-publication stage
BESTIR 6 letters
Rouse oneself
TOUGHIE 7 letters
Difficult question (inf)
LADIES 6 letters
Women
EYED 4 letters
Kept watch on
ZINC 4 letters
Protective metal coating
STASH 5 letters
Amass, gather
MOVIESTAR 9 letters
Top film actor
COUGHS 6 letters
Maybe sneezes, too
VIRTUOSO 8 letters
Musical maestro
DIVER 5 letters
Type of seabird
RIPEN 5 letters
Become mature
DISCUSSING 10 letters
Debating
FOUNDERED 9 letters
Sank
STONEAGE 8 letters
Stage in prehistory
GEE 3 letters
What a surprise! (inf)
USES 4 letters
Applies a method
BUYUP 5 letters
Procure entire supply
HATBOX 6 letters
Receptacle for headwear
REGULATE 8 letters
Supervise, oversee
ESCHEW 6 letters
Abstain from
PERCH 5 letters
Where bird roosts
TREMENDOUS 10 letters
Very great
DOSE 4 letters
Give medication
SEAR 4 letters
Mark with heat
PEACH 5 letters
Fruit with large stone
OVERCAST 8 letters
Dull cloudy weather
ARROW 5 letters
Pointed sign
TELEGRAPH 9 letters
Transmitting apparatus
ALSO 4 letters
In like manner
OATH 4 letters
Sworn statement
REDO 4 letters
Make it again
ENERGETIC 9 letters
Active, vigorous
OVAL 4 letters
US presidential office
EXCEEDING 9 letters
Breaking the limit
TIMED 5 letters
Monitored with clock
YEAST 5 letters
Raising agent for dough
TEMPERATE 9 letters
Self-restrained
DRIFT 5 letters
Glide
FROTH 5 letters
Foam
REIGNED 7 letters
Ruled over
OWNS 4 letters
Possesses
SEDAN 5 letters
Hand-carried chair
DINER 5 letters
Railroad car to eat in
ORIENTED 8 letters
Lined up, aimed at
HINT 4 letters
Make useful suggestion
LONGER 6 letters
More prolonged
GRANITE 7 letters
Extremely hard rock
USHER 5 letters
Movie attendant
ONOFF 5 letters
Fitful
TABS 4 letters
Indents in typed text (abbr)
SATIN 5 letters
Fabric for ballgown, maybe
LIMA 4 letters
International codeword for L
OPTIMIST 8 letters
Positive thinker
REEF 4 letters
Chain of coral
TAVERN 6 letters
Watering hole (inf)
EXALT 5 letters
Elevate in importance
XRAYED 6 letters
What radiographer did
LOOM 4 letters
Appear in threatening form
QUICK 5 letters
Not slow
UMPIRE 6 letters
Sports judge
CANE 4 letters
Rod
STILETTOS 9 letters
High-heeled shoes
LAYOUT 6 letters
Configuration
PINT 4 letters
Half a quart
HEY 3 letters
Exclamation of surprise
FLORA 5 letters
Flowers of the region
ALKALI 6 letters
Soluble salt, mainly potassium
REBUFF 6 letters
Reject someone's approach
GLITZ 5 letters
Flashiness (inf)
MEN 3 letters
Gents
MILL 4 letters
Grinding device
WILL 4 letters
Document of bequests
PISA 4 letters
Central Italian city
ODIOUS 6 letters
Repulsive
OLDIE 5 letters
Popular song of earlier time
ALOFT 5 letters
High in the air
HALFANDHALF 11 letters
Some of each
APPLE 5 letters
Orchard tree
FIDGETS 7 letters
Twitches, moves continually
DID 3 letters
Past of 'do'
AFFORD 6 letters
Have enough money for
FACTORY 7 letters
Industrial building
ABATES 6 letters
Decreases in intensity
BIPED 5 letters
Two-footed creature
ELECTRODE 9 letters
Conductor of electrical current
TEETERED 8 letters
Reeled (on an edge)
ROOM 4 letters
Kitchen, for example
SAT 3 letters
Plumped oneself down
ANIMATE 7 letters
Give movement to
SETUP 5 letters
Arrangement of apparatus
PRORATA 7 letters
According to an exactly calculable share
BYE 3 letters
Farewell (abbr)
EVOKED 6 letters
Awakened memories
STRATA 6 letters
Layers of rock
RIOT 4 letters
Tumult
COLORADO 8 letters
US state, Denver its capital
ALIVE 5 letters
Full of life
EATABLE 7 letters
Fit for consumption
LOG 3 letters
Thrown on a fire!
ALICE 5 letters
Mr Cooper, singer/songwriter
EXAGGERATED 11 letters
Inflated, magnified
JUMPY 5 letters
Nervous
GHOST 5 letters
A spook
GRATE 5 letters
Rub into pieces
DECODE 6 letters
Translate cipher
ATTIC 5 letters
Storage area in roof
TEAMWORK 8 letters
Co-operation
INITIATE 8 letters
Instigate, begin
UNHARMED 8 letters
Safe
CABIN 5 letters
House made of logs
POSITION 8 letters
Place, site
TWAIN 5 letters
Great American writer
RENOVATE 8 letters
Make new again
CINNAMON 8 letters
Spice from tree bark
WIG 3 letters
Worn to cover baldness
DAY 3 letters
From dawn to dusk
GEMINI 6 letters
Zodiac sign May to June
AERATE 6 letters
Introduce air
GUY 3 letters
Tent rope
UTMOST 6 letters
Farthest, most extreme
JOINT 5 letters
Junction of two pieces
BROOK 5 letters
Small stream
CLOTH 5 letters
Table, linen, terry
CADDY 5 letters
Small box
UMBRELLA 8 letters
It keeps off rain
BALMY 5 letters
Temperate (weather)
ASSORTED 8 letters
Of various kinds
PENNE 5 letters
Pasta shape
PARACHUTE 9 letters
Canopy to stop freefall
CAGE 4 letters
Animal enclosure
RAYS 4 letters
Lines of sunlight
HIGHCLASS 9 letters
Superior, elite
TUGS 4 letters
Yanks
ICED 4 letters
Made frozen
SKIFF 5 letters
Light canoe
NOTCH 5 letters
Small indentation
WAIT 4 letters
Hang fire, remain
STEP 4 letters
Move foot forward
ETCH 4 letters
Chisel lettering
FETCH 5 letters
Command (a price)
SIZZLE 6 letters
Fry
RUGGED 6 letters
Weathered-looking
YEAH 4 letters
Yes! (inf)
BIGTOP 6 letters
Circus tent
WIDE 4 letters
Broad
ROCK 4 letters
Music originating in 1950s
ZIGZAGGED 9 letters
Weaved about
ELK 3 letters
Deer-like animal
EIDER 5 letters
Duck with soft feathers
ROAMED 6 letters
Roved aimlessly
PIQUE 5 letters
Displease, annoy
QUEBEC 6 letters
International codeword for Q
EXPERT 6 letters
Very experienced
WHET 4 letters
Titillate appetite
STOP 4 letters
Come to standstill
STAY 4 letters
Dwell, tarry
TIMETABLE 9 letters
Schedule
TEPID 5 letters
Slightly warm
YACHT 5 letters
Sailing craft
DOUBLY 6 letters
In twofold manner
EDGY 4 letters
Irritable, jittery
ADULT 5 letters
Not a child
HERBAL 6 letters
Alternative type of remedy
AREA 4 letters
Region
WOODED 6 letters
Tree-covered
EARS 4 letters
They're on both sides of head
ABLY 4 letters
With skill
LIBYAN 6 letters
From Tripoli, perhaps
YEAR 4 letters
Twelve months
ABRADE 6 letters
Rub away
FLAG 4 letters
Stars and Stripes, for example
GYRATE 6 letters
Spin
STRIP 5 letters
Narrow piece
THIRST 6 letters
Craving for water
HOUR 4 letters
Twenty-fourth part of day
WOVE 4 letters
Formed cloth on loom
CURD 4 letters
Used in cheese-making
INVITE 6 letters
Request presence
EMPRESS 7 letters
Emperor's wife
AMASSED 7 letters
Stockpiled
KNIFE 5 letters
Pairs with a fork
GESTURE 7 letters
Sign, signal
GREAT 5 letters
Masterly
SCALE 5 letters
Series of musical notes
MIMING 6 letters
Acting without speech
METRIC 6 letters
System using kilos
BLAMELESS 9 letters
Innocent
RESTFUL 7 letters
Soothing, relaxing
TRAWL 5 letters
Search through
SUEZ 4 letters
Important canal and gulf
SMIRK 5 letters
Smug smile
EMERALD 7 letters
Precious stone
FITNESS 7 letters
Health and strength
STASHED 7 letters
Cached, hidden away
SMELT 5 letters
Extract metal
KILT 4 letters
Traditional Scottish garment
SCOOP 5 letters
Tool for serving ice-cream
BOTCH 5 letters
Muck up
DRAIN 5 letters
Drink every drop
CHOIR 5 letters
Singers
SPRINGS 7 letters
Mattress components
ONCALL 6 letters
Always at your service!
TISSUE 6 letters
Disposable handkerchief
FORESTS 7 letters
Large wooded areas
RILED 5 letters
Aggravated, bothered
IRRITATE 8 letters
Annoy
SIPHON 6 letters
Draw off liquid
BULL 4 letters
Cow's mate
AMUSING 7 letters
Not boring
DREAM 5 letters
Night-time image sequence
RULER 5 letters
Measuring aid
POLLUTE 7 letters
Make unclean
SEDITION 8 letters
Incitement to rebellion
FIRM 4 letters
Company, business
RELEGATE 8 letters
Reduce in importance
SNOOTY 6 letters
Sneering, disdainful
OFFICER 7 letters
Member of police
WEIGHT 6 letters
Something heavy
TUMBLER 7 letters
Acrobat
PUSHED 6 letters
Shoved
GAMUT 5 letters
Complete series
LUKEWARM 8 letters
Barely off cold
AURAS 5 letters
Halos
HERB 4 letters
Plant added for taste
MACBETH 7 letters
Shakespearean tragedy
AURAL 5 letters
To do with hearing
THROB 5 letters
Beat strongly, like heart
DRESSER 7 letters
Minder of theatrical costumes

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