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Issue 17 Crossword Answers

OMINOUSLY 9 letters
Menacingly
MILE 4 letters
Unit of travel
EYES 4 letters
Organs of sight
STIR 4 letters
Move to action
PETROLEUM 9 letters
Gasoline ingredient
REST 4 letters
Break from work
INSIDIOUS 9 letters
Stealthy and sinister
PILL 4 letters
Take one for headache?
STUN 4 letters
Astonish
VALIDATED 9 letters
Ratified
COIN 4 letters
Legal tender
DRAPES 6 letters
Curtains
SUITE 5 letters
Sofa and armchairs
TERMS 5 letters
Rules of use
SMOKE 5 letters
Cure ham, fish etc
TOFU 4 letters
Bean curd
AROUSE 6 letters
Stir from sleep
MOOD 4 letters
Good or bad temper
SPOT 4 letters
Performer's time-slot
MAKEUP 6 letters
Lipstick, for example
PAD 3 letters
Writing block
AND 3 letters
Besides
ODD 3 letters
Opposite of even
DEVOTE 6 letters
Dedicate oneself
CHICK 5 letters
Hen's offspring
ADEPT 5 letters
Adroit
WHORL 5 letters
Circular pattern
DASHED 6 letters
Sprinted
ALPS 4 letters
European mountains
HAVE 4 letters
Own
EPIC 4 letters
Large-scale work
PIRATE 6 letters
Scourge of the seas
CIDER 5 letters
Apple drink
IMPAIR 6 letters
Damage something
DAIRY 5 letters
Milk, butter, cheese etc
ALLOWED 7 letters
With permission
ROAN 4 letters
Horse with white flecks
CHIC 4 letters
Sophisticated-looking
SPEECH 6 letters
Conversation
LEAD 4 letters
Take the initiative
ZINC 4 letters
Used to galvanize steel
CRAFTED 7 letters
Made with skill
COWS 4 letters
Cattle
ASSUME 6 letters
Presume, incline to think
SARI 4 letters
Asian garment
IDOL 4 letters
Revered person
DESK 4 letters
Furniture with writing surface
FACT 4 letters
A truth
EAST 4 letters
Compass point
OPTOUT 6 letters
Decline to participate
STUDY 5 letters
Read carefully
DATES 5 letters
Points in time
KINSHIP 7 letters
Affinity, association
AFFABLE 7 letters
Personable, sympathetic
TRULY 5 letters
Honestly
IMPERIL 7 letters
Endanger
AZURE 5 letters
Sky blue
ADDED 5 letters
Included another ingredient
INFORM 6 letters
Let someone know
AMAZED 6 letters
Astounded
ATTENDANT 9 letters
Companion, guide
SHALLOT 7 letters
Small onion
EERIE 5 letters
Hair-raising
IDLE 4 letters
Waste time
KEVIN 5 letters
Mr Bacon, American actor
LIAISED 7 letters
Co-ordinated, worked together
STIRRUP 7 letters
Horserider's foot support
CYCLONE 7 letters
Hurricane, twister
WINDY 5 letters
Opposite of still (weather)
STAY 4 letters
Stop over
AFOOT 5 letters
In preparation, astir
KNIFE 5 letters
Item of cutlery
IMPEL 5 letters
Urge forward
FUNGI 5 letters
Toadstools
NUMERAL 7 letters
Number
OFFKEY 6 letters
Out of tune
SEQUIN 6 letters
Tiny decorative shiny plate
VACATE 6 letters
Withdraw, depart
NAMES 5 letters
What people are called
UNSUITABLE 10 letters
Out of place
SIT 3 letters
Find a chair
HYPE 4 letters
Much-contrived excitement (inf)
YOUNGER 7 letters
Not as old
EQUITY 6 letters
Company's share value
CAMPSITE 8 letters
Area for tents
TUTU 4 letters
Worn by ballerina
MADAGASCAR 10 letters
Indian Ocean island
TESTING 7 letters
Examining
GRAPH 5 letters
Mathematical plot?
ANGST 5 letters
Feeling of anxiety
ABRACADABRA 11 letters
Conjuror's exclamation
BEATNIK 7 letters
Fifties' rebel
AFFRAY 6 letters
Ruckus, noisy row
INFANT 6 letters
Baby
FRAIL 5 letters
Feeble
HEARTEN 7 letters
Encourage, inspire
TITAN 5 letters
Great achiever in field
REND 4 letters
Rip in two
PANCETTA 8 letters
Italian bacon
AWL 3 letters
Hole-piercer
YOKE 4 letters
Worn by oxen
CLARINET 8 letters
Orchestral instrument
SNOWSHOES 9 letters
Pair of winter footwear
TOWS 4 letters
Trails, lugs
SLIP 4 letters
Indiscretion, goof
ACTS 4 letters
Divisions of a play
EXCESSIVE 9 letters
Extreme, too much
SHOO 4 letters
Drive away (animal)
COUNTLESS 9 letters
A multitude
CULL 4 letters
Cherry-pick
LOVE 4 letters
Romance
SLAB 4 letters
Thick piece
RELATIVES 9 letters
Family members
BRED 4 letters
Raised livestock
MINCE 5 letters
Chop very small
ITALIC 6 letters
Cursive calligraphy
COMA 4 letters
Prolonged unconsciousness
STARK 5 letters
Empty, desolate
TRENDY 6 letters
In vogue
RUIN 4 letters
Wreck of a building
ELOPEMENT 9 letters
Runaways' marriage
MAMMAL 6 letters
Warm-blooded animal
EMIT 4 letters
Give off, ooze
DIM 3 letters
Indistinct
SPADE 5 letters
Pairs with garden fork
BOGGLE 6 letters
Wonder at (inf)
TOFFEE 6 letters
Hard chewy candy
FOAMY 5 letters
Sudsy
LOP 3 letters
Remove branch
ZING 4 letters
Energy, pep (inf)
IDEA 4 letters
Something to come up with?
SING 4 letters
Croon, warble
NODOFF 6 letters
Take a nap
AGREE 5 letters
Concur
LATER 5 letters
In due course
GAUCHE 6 letters
Clumsy, awkward
TARDY 5 letters
Sluggish, late
PIANO 5 letters
Musical instrument to sit at
SCOWL 5 letters
Glower
LOSS 4 letters
Destruction, ruin
SAFARI 6 letters
Expedition, usually in Africa
COO 3 letters
Sound of dove
COD 3 letters
Culinary fish
NEWEST 6 letters
Most up-to-date
TIE 3 letters
Bind, strap
SAX 3 letters
Clarinet-like jazz instrument (abbr)
USE 3 letters
Handle, apply
SORBET 6 letters
Palate refresher
HYPED 5 letters
Advertised intensely (inf)
ADAGE 5 letters
Old saying
SCALE 5 letters
Relative size
XRAYED 6 letters
What radiographer did
RAPS 4 letters
Modern musical rhymes
CAR 3 letters
Mode of transport
POE 3 letters
Edgar Allan, US writer
GALLEY 6 letters
Ship's kitchen
DUPLICATE 9 letters
Make a copy
ESCAPED 7 letters
Ran away
GAME 4 letters
Backgammon, for example
CELLO 5 letters
Stringed orchestral instrument
OLIVEOIL 8 letters
Fruity frying agent
COCOA 5 letters
Chocolate powder
UNSTABLE 8 letters
Teetering, rickety
ITCH 4 letters
Scratchy sensation
LEANER 6 letters
More slender
RARE 4 letters
Like gold dust?
ABOVEPAR 8 letters
Better than the norm
RECTANGLE 9 letters
Parallelogram with four right angles
CHEW 4 letters
Enjoy gum
WATCHING 8 letters
Observing
DARE 4 letters
Take the risk
TUGS 4 letters
Yanks
NAUGHTY 7 letters
Mischievous, rascally
LAST 4 letters
Farthest back
EJECTING 8 letters
Bouncing, expelling
JOINT 5 letters
Shared, combined
INDIA 5 letters
Asian subcontinent
SLOGAN 6 letters
Tagline
LION 4 letters
Big cat that roars
MINI 4 letters
Small car (abbr)
IMMORTAL 8 letters
Person of enduring fame
STIGMA 6 letters
Stain on character
SNORT 5 letters
Make sound through nose
NONSTOP 7 letters
Uninterrupted
RISK 4 letters
Peril, danger
AGHAST 6 letters
Appalled
GRUESOME 8 letters
Grisly, horrible
ACHED 5 letters
Yearned, longed for
TIRADE 6 letters
Outburst of accusation
CHIVE 5 letters
Herb related to onion
HONEST 6 letters
Law-abiding
AUTHOR 6 letters
Playwright, poet
PRORATA 7 letters
According to an exactly calculable share
VETO 4 letters
Rule out, turn down
PRESIDED 8 letters
Chaired meeting
ANIMATED 8 letters
Lively, energetic
PANORAMIC 9 letters
Offering all-round view
CARRIED 7 letters
Bore, held
LITTER 6 letters
Scattered trash
TERSE 5 letters
Sharp, crisp in speaking
INTIMATE 8 letters
Close, personal
TIMES 5 letters
Typeface named after newspaper
FREE 4 letters
Available
LYNX 4 letters
North American cat
TOMATO 6 letters
Red salad ingredient
LYRICS 6 letters
Words to music
RESIDE 6 letters
Dwell
EXUDE 5 letters
Flow out
VERSATILE 9 letters
With many abilities
SEALS 5 letters
Official stamped marks
NEEDY 5 letters
Wanting affection or attention
PARAPET 7 letters
Top of castle wall
SPINY 5 letters
Prickly
TACKING 7 letters
Sailing zigzag-fashion
ADAPT 5 letters
Modify
EMITS 5 letters
Diffuses (light)
SPARKLING 9 letters
Glinting
TONGS 5 letters
For curling or straightening hair
DEBATE 6 letters
Discuss different opinions
GLUE 4 letters
Sticky stuff
EDGED 5 letters
Moved something aside
HUMBLY 6 letters
In lowly manner
VEER 4 letters
Deviate suddenly
YELLED 6 letters
Shouted
USER 4 letters
Manipulator
FACE 4 letters
Visage
EMBARK 6 letters
Start sea journey
WELTS 5 letters
Raised areas on skin
TRIPOD 6 letters
Three-legged stand
TYPED 5 letters
Entered data
ERASER 6 letters
Pencil rubber
USUAL 5 letters
Customary
BRAIDS 6 letters
Weaves three strands together
REEL 4 letters
Draw in a fish
COOK 4 letters
Fry, griddle food
DEMO 4 letters
Example of product (abbr)
ADORED 6 letters
Revered, doted on
CHOKER 6 letters
Close-fitting necklace
SPINE 5 letters
Part of book
NYMPH 5 letters
Female sprite
REALM 5 letters
Territory, domain
NEAR 4 letters
Approximate
CHOPPY 6 letters
Slightly rough, especially sea
EKE 3 letters
Skimp
KIN 3 letters
Family
PALTRY 6 letters
Trivial
YAP 3 letters
Talk excitedly at length
EAR 3 letters
Lend one to listen!
ASP 3 letters
Type of cobra
SKATER 6 letters
Ice dancer
SKULL 5 letters
It shapes your head
IDEAS 5 letters
Hard to come up with?
TEARS 5 letters
Cuts roughly
REEKED 6 letters
Was permeated by
ERAS 4 letters
Epochs
ERA 3 letters
Historical age
ALL 3 letters
Every part
AGREES 6 letters
Has same opinion
CEREALS 7 letters
Edible grains
OSCAR 5 letters
International codeword for O
PHYSICAL 8 letters
Medical examination
DINGHY 6 letters
Small sailing craft
DIVE 4 letters
Sudden steep descent
RELIANT 7 letters
Trusting on
SLYLY 5 letters
Deviously
ROCKY 5 letters
Craggy, stony
NOVELTY 7 letters
Something new
AIRTIGHT 8 letters
Indisputable (argument)
HAZY 4 letters
Misty
VANISHED 8 letters
Became invisible
SULTAN 6 letters
Muslim ruler
LIBERAL 7 letters
Tolerant, open-minded
TACTIC 6 letters
Method
CAROTID 7 letters
Artery supplying blood to head
GAZEBO 6 letters
Small garden pavilion
ROBIN 5 letters
Bird with scarlet breast
CANISTER 8 letters
Tin, box
TIARA 5 letters
Sparkly headband
NOUN 4 letters
Word for a 'thing'
BARCODE 7 letters
Computerized label
HEART 5 letters
Courage
NYLON 5 letters
Light synthetic material
OLDHAND 7 letters
A veteran
PANCAKE 7 letters
It's made from batter
SPLICED 7 letters
United two ropes
SNAKE 5 letters
Curl, meander
GRIZZLY 7 letters
Type of bear
LIMBO 5 letters
Dance under pole
BYWAY 5 letters
Quiet track
ALPINE 6 letters
Mountain plant
BRAINY 6 letters
Intelligent
EDUCATION 9 letters
Tuition
CLICKED 7 letters
Hit it off (inf)
ZEBRA 5 letters
Horse relative
KEEN 4 letters
Eager
SCALP 5 letters
Skin on head
CUTTING 7 letters
Piercing, biting
APPOINT 7 letters
Assign responsibility
EXUDING 7 letters
Seeping
QUITE 5 letters
Somewhat
APEX 4 letters
Top, crest
USURP 5 letters
Take over, annex
FIELD 5 letters
Profession, domain
AFFIX 5 letters
Bond, join
SKIRT 5 letters
Lower garment
OFFLOAD 7 letters
Discharge cargo
RULING 6 letters
Official verdict
SIGNON 6 letters
Commit, pledge
BLUEBERRY 9 letters
Fruit superfood
DUMP 4 letters
Get rid of
PLAY 4 letters
Enjoy oneself
BOBS 4 letters
Moves up and down
SNOWBOARD 9 letters
Short broad ski
SURF 4 letters
Swell of sea
HEADBOARD 9 letters
Top part of bed
GURU 4 letters
Leading authority
WENT 4 letters
Was gone from
SHRUBBERY 9 letters
Area of bushes
TAUT 4 letters
Not loose
BAHT 4 letters
Currency of Thailand
ACKNOWLEDGE 11 letters
Recognize rights
ANY 3 letters
Whichever
ATHLETICISM 11 letters
Agility, physical strength
ROUT 4 letters
Debacle, walkover
FASCINATION 11 letters
Enchantment, charm
SHAFT 5 letters
Rod, axle
ZLOTY 5 letters
Monetary unit of Poland
YIKES 5 letters
Wow or ouch!
TWELFTH 7 letters
Following eleventh
THIEF 5 letters
Stealer of property
HERB 4 letters
Chamomile, for example
ACHES 5 letters
Companions to pains?
ENVY 4 letters
Green-eyed monster
VEX 3 letters
Annoy, irritate
PROGRESSIVE 11 letters
Radical, new in ideas
AGAPE 5 letters
With jaw dropped
TROOPER 7 letters
Cavalry soldier
ISSUE 5 letters
Publish
SONIC 5 letters
Relating to sound waves
POD 3 letters
Small school of whales
DOLED 5 letters
Shared out
AVOWS 5 letters
Affirms
NOVEL 5 letters
Original
ENCODED 7 letters
Converted into symbols
DEEPEST 7 letters
At greatest depth
VAGUE 5 letters
Indistinct
EGYPT 5 letters
Arabic-speaking country
YAHOO 5 letters
Yippee!
CHAIR 5 letters
Sit on it
GRIMY 5 letters
Very dirty
HYENA 5 letters
Spotted carnivorous animal
EAT 3 letters
Take in food
TROTTER 7 letters
Pig's foot
VIOLENT 7 letters
Turbulent, stormy
AFFIXED 7 letters
Fastened on
SCRUM 5 letters
Throng, mob
CHEESES 7 letters
Dairy foods
ABODE 5 letters
Building where one resides
ACORN 5 letters
Oak fruit
INFECT 6 letters
Spread by contagion
PHOBIC 6 letters
Having specific fears
MEDALLION 9 letters
Medal hung round neck
LEISURE 7 letters
Free time activities
EIDER 5 letters
Down feathers
NEED 4 letters
Be in great want
DARES 5 letters
Braves
BALEFUL 7 letters
Menacing, sinister
CARPETS 7 letters
Thick floor coverings
STASHED 7 letters
Safely stored
FAULT 5 letters
Imperfection
WAFT 4 letters
Float about
ADMIT 5 letters
Acknowledge fault
COMFY 5 letters
Snug (inf)
STAIR 5 letters
Rung, step
DRONE 5 letters
Part of bagpipes
OCTOPUS 7 letters
Many-armed sea animal
INFLUX 6 letters
Inundation
LITTLE 6 letters
Small-scale
CLUTTERS 8 letters
Makes untidy
ASCENT 6 letters
Gradient, upward slope
TREK 4 letters
Long hike
DEADLOCK 8 letters
Impasse
IGUANA 6 letters
Crested lizard
STUD 4 letters
Metal fastener for collar
CLOSER 6 letters
More convenient
EIGHTY 6 letters
Fifty plus thirty
TWEAKED 7 letters
Pinched a nose, perhaps
AIDE 4 letters
Paid helper
RENTAL 6 letters
Lease of property
LETHARGY 8 letters
Lack of energy
ORALLY 6 letters
In spoken words
LATHERED 8 letters
Made soapy froth
ESCORT 6 letters
Chaperone
ORIGIN 6 letters
Where something begins
KNOTTY 6 letters
Tricky, complex (inf)
ONSALE 6 letters
Available to buy
BALI 4 letters
Indonesian island
AFAR 4 letters
At great distance
ARTISTE 7 letters
Professional entertainer
TEAK 4 letters
Popular timber tree
EATING 6 letters
Chewing and swallowing
ALLIED 6 letters
Joined forces
RACEHORSE 9 letters
Equine competitor
ICED 4 letters
Topped (a cake)
DEEP 4 letters
Extending far down
NUDE 4 letters
Painting of unclothed person
ROUGHNECK 9 letters
Hooligan (inf)
EARN 4 letters
Gain, deserve
BOASTED 7 letters
Bragged
GUIDE 5 letters
Steer, direct
START 5 letters
Get the ball rolling
SHIPSHAPE 9 letters
Well-kept, spick and span
ELECT 5 letters
Put in power
VISA 4 letters
Travel document
MENTOR 6 letters
Experienced guide, helper
RUDDY 5 letters
Of rosy hue
SPUR 4 letters
Spike on rider's boot
DISOWN 6 letters
Reject, repudiate
PIKE 4 letters
Diving position
UNPAID 6 letters
Not settled, as debt
SALTED 6 letters
Like nuts and pretzels?
ROOF 4 letters
Covering over building
ANGRY 5 letters
Irate
NEWBIE 6 letters
Raw recruit (inf)
REINS 5 letters
Jockey's controls
EXITED 6 letters
Opposite of entered
SCOOP 5 letters
Journalist's exclusive
OWLS 4 letters
Hooting birds
SNOB 4 letters
Person with superior air
CLICKS 6 letters
Uses computer mouse
KNEE 4 letters
Joint in leg
KIMONO 6 letters
Traditional garment
EVER 4 letters
Constantly
SALLOW 6 letters
Yellowish (complexion)
LAUREL 6 letters
Leaves in victory wreath
TACO 4 letters
Mexican street food
SLIVER 6 letters
Small slice
LUGE 4 letters
Sledding winter sport
SOSO 4 letters
Moderately good (inf)
LAUNCHING 9 letters
Despatching into orbit
EGO 3 letters
Self-esteem
WALTZ 5 letters
Dance in triple time
ZODIAC 6 letters
Astrological constellations
REPEL 5 letters
Fight against
PAROLE 6 letters
Prisoner's conditional release
LAWYER 6 letters
Judicial practitioner
IMPS 4 letters
Mischievous children
ECHO 4 letters
Resonate
ROWS 4 letters
Angry disputes
CHIROPODY 9 letters
Foot treatment
STOIC 5 letters
Uncomplaining
STEER 5 letters
Drive car or boat
VEXED 5 letters
Irked, upset
EGGHEAD 7 letters
Brainy type (inf)
EURO 4 letters
Spanish currency
ALLUDE 6 letters
Imply, hint at
LOPSIDED 8 letters
Askew
UNION 5 letters
Marriage, for example
ELEVEN 6 letters
Hour before midnight
HASTE 5 letters
Hurry
ANGORA 6 letters
Soft, silky wool
UPSIDE 6 letters
Promise, potential
LANOLIN 7 letters
Greasy substance in cosmetics
THEM 4 letters
Not us
PATIENCE 8 letters
Tolerance
ESTEEMED 8 letters
Prominent, well thought of
DISCOVERY 9 letters
Something found
YAWNING 7 letters
Showing boredom
ABIDES 6 letters
Lives in a certain place
ADORE 5 letters
Worship
BULLETIN 8 letters
Special dispatch (news)
LUCRE 5 letters
Moolah, bucks
OWED 4 letters
Was beholden to
LACE 4 letters
Fine open pattern
DECAMP 6 letters
Flee, run off
EASIER 6 letters
Not as challenging
SPEEDY 6 letters
Very fast
VERGE 5 letters
Brink
DISGRACED 9 letters
Shamed, discredited
OFFICIATE 9 letters
Preside over
CHIPOLATA 9 letters
Thin sausage
HANDS 5 letters
Wear gloves on them
PLUNGER 7 letters
Tool for unblocking sink
LEEK 4 letters
Long-stemmed vegetable
THUS 4 letters
Therefore
IFFY 4 letters
Questionable (inf)
NAUSEOUS 8 letters
Feeling extreme disgust
GLIDED 6 letters
Moved smoothly
MINIATURE 9 letters
Very tiny
AGREEMENT 9 letters
Arrangement, charter
ARIES 5 letters
Astrological ram
CAD 3 letters
Rotter (arch)
FESTIVE 7 letters
Merry, joyous
ENTERED 7 letters
Crossed threshold
STILE 5 letters
Set of steps over fence
ABHOR 5 letters
Regard with contempt
ADDS 4 letters
Tacks on
ROOM 4 letters
Lobby, office, for example
BANTAM 6 letters
Miniature poultry breed
ADMONISH 8 letters
Reprimand, scold
GRIN 4 letters
Amused expression
ASYMMETRY 9 letters
Imbalance, crookedness
TAKE 4 letters
Single film recording
CLUBS 5 letters
Athletic teams
SINCE 5 letters
Subsequently
DRUM 4 letters
Beat rhythm on it
INFO 4 letters
News (inf)
HOOF 4 letters
Animal's horny foot
SNORE 5 letters
Sleeping sound
OBVIOUSLY 9 letters
Plainly, assuredly
RUCHE 5 letters
Gathered strip of fabric
LOYAL 5 letters
Showing fidelity
ACRONYM 7 letters
Word from initial letters
EASEL 5 letters
Frame, support
THERAPEUTIC 11 letters
Health-giving, beneficial
HEW 3 letters
Fell a tree
RISING 6 letters
Getting higher
PIQUE 5 letters
Excite interest
USER 4 letters
Manipulator
INSTEAD 7 letters
As an alternative
OWES 4 letters
Has obligation
QUEASY 6 letters
Nauseous
BOUNCER 7 letters
Remover of troublemakers
OVERTAX 7 letters
Burden too much
INSERT 6 letters
Slip in
CYANIDE 7 letters
Lethal substance
YANKS 5 letters
Draws out with force
PERU 4 letters
South American country
STREWN 6 letters
Spread about
EGGS 4 letters
Cake ingredients
GEL 3 letters
Coagulate
EXQUISITELY 11 letters
Most perfectly
FETTER 6 letters
Shackle
PIER 4 letters
Waterside structure
AGAIN 5 letters
Over and over
BLOWSY 6 letters
Unkempt
OVER 4 letters
Finished
CEDING 6 letters
Surrendering
LIVE 4 letters
Pass one's life
STAR 4 letters
May be a planet
INWARD 6 letters
Introspective
ROBE 4 letters
Long cloak
BIKINI 6 letters
Two-piece swimsuit
CYAN 4 letters
Primary hue in printing
NOODLE 6 letters
Pasta ribbon
INEPT 5 letters
Awkward
RECKON 6 letters
Estimate, add up
EACH 4 letters
One by one
MAMA 4 letters
Mother (arch)
SCAN 4 letters
Browse, look through
PIMPLE 6 letters
Skin spot
CHATS 5 letters
Online discussions
HALVE 5 letters
Divide equally in two
TREATING 8 letters
Administering to illness
EGRET 5 letters
Long-legged wader
GRAM 4 letters
Small metric weight unit
ENLIVEN 7 letters
Make more exciting
AFFECTATION 11 letters
Ostentatious posing
ICING 5 letters
Freezing over
ADOLESCENCE 11 letters
Between childhood and maturity
FALSE 5 letters
Untrue
CRAWLED 7 letters
Moved forward slowly
ELECTING 8 letters
Choosing
OVAL 4 letters
US presidential office
WHISTLED 8 letters
Summoned dog, maybe
TYPING 6 letters
Writing on keyboard
PINHOLE 7 letters
Tiny aperture
THANKS 6 letters
Acknowledgements, recognition
DAISY 5 letters
Flower with rayed petals
TINT 4 letters
Slight hue
PASSABLE 8 letters
Tolerable
BALSA 5 letters
Very light wood
YOGA 4 letters
Physical exercise with posture
ODOROUS 7 letters
Aromatic
LILAC 5 letters
Pinkish violet
RECAP 5 letters
Briefly repeat (abbr)
IDEAL 5 letters
Absolutely right for purpose
BLEAK 5 letters
Not at all hopeful
AFTER 5 letters
Then, next
PLUTO 5 letters
Formerly classed as planet
ENERGY 6 letters
Dynamism
USING 5 letters
Exploiting
STINKING 8 letters
Reeking, fetid
NUMBNESS 8 letters
Lack of sensation
LIFELINE 8 letters
Something indispensable for safety
MIAMI 5 letters
Metropolis in southern Florida
APERTURE 8 letters
Part of camera letting in light
SKUNK 5 letters
Smelly weasel
TRANSFIX 8 letters
Strike motionless with shock
OVERHEAR 8 letters
Eavesdrop
DAB 3 letters
Small amount (of sauce)
EVE 3 letters
The run-up to
TRIVIA 6 letters
Unimportant details
VANISH 6 letters
Dissolve, go away
BYE 3 letters
So long! (abbr)
YONDER 6 letters
At a distance (arch)
ENTRY 5 letters
Admission
OCEAN 5 letters
Atlantic, for example
FORTY 5 letters
Follows thirty-nine
STARE 5 letters
Watch unblinkingly
KNOCKOUT 8 letters
Boxing victory
OFFER 5 letters
Bid to buy
DECANTER 8 letters
Ornamental glass bottle
EXTRA 5 letters
Casual non-speaking actor
SOLOIST 7 letters
Single instrumentalist
FEAST 5 letters
Banquet
TEASE 5 letters
Ridicule
ELABORATE 9 letters
Fancy, ornate
TASTE 5 letters
Try small amount
PREMATURE 9 letters
Before its time
DAWN 4 letters
Daybreak
OPTS 4 letters
Chooses
UNWRAPPED 9 letters
Taken out of packaging
FURS 4 letters
Animal pelts
HAIRY 5 letters
Whiskered
ARTERY 6 letters
It transports blood from heart
RELY 4 letters
Lean on
AMISS 5 letters
Awry
MOTION 6 letters
Proposal put to meeting
SLED 4 letters
Snow transport
OSTEOPATH 9 letters
Bone manipulator
STYLUS 6 letters
Instrument for engraving
TEEN 4 letters
Pre-adult
TRY 3 letters
Have a go
DECOR 5 letters
Interior design
DEBASE 6 letters
Reduce quality
DETEST 6 letters
Loathe
LEAPT 5 letters
Got to feet quickly
BET 3 letters
Gamble
DAMP 4 letters
Humid, clammy
FAIR 4 letters
Even-handed
LAVA 4 letters
Molten rock
TRADER 6 letters
Merchant
SPIES 5 letters
Secret service staff
BRATS 5 letters
Naughty kids
SORDID 6 letters
Grubby, sleazy
AGE 3 letters
To mature
GRAVY 5 letters
Sauce with meat
SCORING 7 letters
Getting a result
MENU 4 letters
Presented in an eating establishment
LODGER 6 letters
Roomer
CHEF 4 letters
Professional cook
ODD 3 letters
Perplexing, wacky
OVERRUN 7 letters
Swamp, infest
TENSION 7 letters
Nervous stress
ADDER 5 letters
Snake with dark zig-zag pattern on its back
KNITS 5 letters
Entwines together
TACKLE 6 letters
Ropes and pulleys
WORST 5 letters
The most severe
AIRSHOW 7 letters
Public display of flying skills
ILLS 4 letters
Woes
ACT 3 letters
Put it on, bluff
GAP 3 letters
Breathing space, delay
ALSO 4 letters
Too
STAPLE 6 letters
Paper fastener
FLUTE 5 letters
Champagne glass
PREEN 5 letters
Smooth the plumage
SCREE 5 letters
Stones on slope
ASSERT 6 letters
State confidently
GAZED 5 letters
Looked steadily
AMENDING 8 letters
Modifying, altering
ELECTION 8 letters
A ballot
LYRICIST 8 letters
Songwriter
BESET 5 letters
Plague, harass
TEETERED 8 letters
Wobbled back and forth
EDITS 5 letters
Alters words
ELBOWING 8 letters
Pushing someone aside
ADDITION 8 letters
Supplementary piece
ADO 3 letters
Rumpus
EWE 3 letters
Mature female sheep
ELUDED 6 letters
Avoided pursuers
WINDOW 6 letters
It lets in light
ORE 3 letters
Rock with metallic content
REGENT 6 letters
Substitute king
SOLID 5 letters
Totally reliable
ESSAY 5 letters
Written study
LEGGY 5 letters
Gangly, lanky
BLADE 5 letters
Leaf of grass
EGGSHELL 8 letters
It's broken to find yolk
TIMID 5 letters
Fearful, faint-hearted
ENLARGED 8 letters
Increased in size
AGENT 5 letters
Actor's manager
AUTOGRAPH 9 letters
Sign a photograph, perhaps
DIGESTION 9 letters
Process of food intake
OSCILLATE 9 letters
Waver
SLIDE 5 letters
Glass mount for microscope use
IMPEACH 7 letters
Charge with crime
LURE 4 letters
Entice
TEAL 4 letters
Small dabbling duck
UNIT 4 letters
Independent section
IMPERIAL 8 letters
Non-metric weights and measures
OBEYED 6 letters
Did what was demanded
STARTLING 9 letters
Surprising
CHALLENGE 9 letters
Objection, dispute
ROTOR 5 letters
Spinning part of machine
SUN 3 letters
Star that gives daylight
DISSENT 7 letters
Express opposition
PHONEIN 7 letters
Call up TV or radio show
MURAL 5 letters
Art directly on wall
GETUP 5 letters
Arise
WEAR 4 letters
Be dressed in
ETCH 4 letters
Inscribe text
EVOLVE 6 letters
Develop
SEATBELT 8 letters
Mandatory device in vehicles
SNUG 4 letters
Homely
ARCHETYPE 9 letters
The original pattern
EXTREMELY 9 letters
Very, exceedingly
COMET 5 letters
Fast-moving heavenly body
RACER 5 letters
Competitor in speed contest
COMMENCED 9 letters
Began
THEIR 5 letters
Belonging to them
GLEE 4 letters
Bubbly happiness
HAPPY 5 letters
In a good mood!
SWING 5 letters
Music with steady rhythm
NAPS 4 letters
Siestas
LIMA 4 letters
International codeword for L
SURE 4 letters
Not uncertain
YOUNG 5 letters
Not old
YURT 4 letters
Portable circular dwelling
STIPULATION 11 letters
Requirement within offer
IVY 3 letters
League of US universities
STAGEFRIGHT 11 letters
Performance nerves
YOYO 4 letters
Fluctuate
CULTIVATION 11 letters
Plant growing
SNACK 5 letters
Just a bite
IGLOO 5 letters
Temporary Arctic home
OUTDO 5 letters
Be more successful than
PLAYOFF 7 letters
Match to decide a tie
KEATS 5 letters
19th century English poet
EASY 4 letters
Not hard
MICRO 5 letters
Opposite of macro
RANK 4 letters
Position, status
BIB 3 letters
Child's apron
ASTONISHING 11 letters
Very surprising
ACIDIC 6 letters
Sour to taste
IMPORT 6 letters
Introduce foreign merchandise
SLIT 4 letters
Incision
BRANDO 6 letters
Marlon, actor
OVEN 4 letters
Chamber for baking
YANG 4 letters
Partners with yin
IMPLICATE 9 letters
Involve, embroil
NAG 3 letters
Horse pesterer?
CATTY 5 letters
Snide, malicious (inf)
YIPPEE 6 letters
Exclamation of joy
ONSET 5 letters
Commencement
SENIOR 6 letters
Of higher standing
THINLY 6 letters
Not thickly
HIKE 4 letters
Trek
PATS 4 letters
Taps lightly
DRUB 4 letters
Beat decisively
ASPERSION 9 letters
Smear on one's reputation
ENSUE 5 letters
Result from
BERRY 5 letters
Small fruit
ALIGN 5 letters
Put into line
HARRY 5 letters
Harass
SHONE 5 letters
Gave off light
ANNUAL 6 letters
Plant lasting a year
SKIFF 5 letters
Single-person boat
KEYBOARD 8 letters
User's part of computer
FALSETTO 8 letters
Artificially high voice
LOATHING 8 letters
Hatred
CYCLE 5 letters
Travel by bike
GERANIUM 8 letters
Popular scarlet or pink flower
TOWED 5 letters
Hauled behind
STARTING 8 letters
Commencing
TRILLION 8 letters
Very large number
APT 3 letters
Right for the task
EGG 3 letters
One in a nest
STIRUP 6 letters
Agitate, stimulate
GYRATE 6 letters
Spin
TUG 3 letters
Pull sharply
UMPIRE 6 letters
Oversee a match
TRILL 5 letters
Musical flourish, decorative note
LODGE 5 letters
Gatehouse
FIEND 5 letters
Fanatic
AGILE 5 letters
Sprightly
OPPOSING 8 letters
Conflicting, contrasting
CIVIL 5 letters
Courteous
ORIGINAL 8 letters
New, inventive
AGONY 5 letters
Great suffering
BINDING 7 letters
Book's cover
OPPRESS 7 letters
Rule people harshly
ORBIT 5 letters
Revolve around
MILKING 7 letters
Making the most of (inf)
AWARD 5 letters
Bestow
BYLAW 5 letters
Legal restriction, usually local
IMPART 6 letters
Pass on information
MIDWAY 6 letters
Betwixt and between
ORNAMENTS 9 letters
Knickknacks
DIRTIER 7 letters
Less clean
KARMA 5 letters
One's lot in life?
NOSE 4 letters
Facial feature
FAUNA 5 letters
Animals in general
DONATED 7 letters
Gave to charity
ATTRACT 7 letters
Draw in
AMUSING 7 letters
Charming, diverting
HOVER 5 letters
Stay aloft almost motionless
ITEM 4 letters
Point on agenda
AVAIL 5 letters
Use a service
ASIDE 5 letters
Apart from others
REGAL 5 letters
Stately, dignified
VISTA 5 letters
Distant landscape
THEARTS 7 letters
Cultural pursuits generally
INDEED 6 letters
Really
FALCON 6 letters
Bird of prey
PRICELESS 9 letters
Beyond value
DIRT 4 letters
Grime
TELL 4 letters
Divulge, reveal
TRIP 4 letters
Fall over something
HORSEPLAY 9 letters
Boisterous activity
PLEA 4 letters
Legal suit
CENTIPEDE 9 letters
Insect with many legs
LUCID 5 letters
Fluent and intelligible
NAVAL 5 letters
Seagoing, nautical
ACHIEVE 7 letters
Accomplish, attain
DWELL 5 letters
Inhabit
SCIENTIST 9 letters
Researcher, experimenter
APLENTY 7 letters
Ample
NASTY 5 letters
Cruel
SHOVE 5 letters
Nudge hard
ILLUSIONIST 11 letters
Conjuror
TWENTIETH 9 letters
After nineteenth
NANNY 5 letters
Female goat
WARBLER 7 letters
Singer, human or bird?
ICY 3 letters
Aloof in manner
MAIZE 5 letters
Long-eared cereal grass
BITES 5 letters
Sinks teeth into
TAGLIATELLE 11 letters
Traditional Italian pasta
QUEUE 5 letters
Line up
SARAH 5 letters
Ms Michelle Gellar, American actor/producer
NEARS 5 letters
Comes into view
COVETED 7 letters
Strongly desired
SOCK 4 letters
Hit, punch (inf)
CLEAR 5 letters
Free from mist
WHALE 5 letters
Humpback, for example
ADVOCATE 8 letters
Recommend, support
SITS 4 letters
Finds chair
CARAFE 6 letters
Wine holder
ALCHEMY 7 letters
Medieval attempt to produce gold
TIZZY 5 letters
Fluster
DUPED 5 letters
Tricked
ACID 4 letters
Sharp-toned
DARED 5 letters
Bravely faced danger
SHUT 4 letters
Slam door
POOHBEAR 8 letters
Piglet's friend
YARD 4 letters
Ground behind building
STAYED 6 letters
Hung around
PROVOKING 9 letters
Annoying, teasing
UNLEASH 7 letters
Unfetter, unchain
METE 4 letters
Dole out (especially punishment)
APPLY 5 letters
Spread on, smear
OLDTIMER 8 letters
Veteran
LLAMA 5 letters
Smaller relation of camel
RUNNERUP 8 letters
Second-place competitor
DEAF 4 letters
Hard of hearing
VEERED 6 letters
Changed course
DAHL 4 letters
Willie Wonka creator
ATYPICAL 8 letters
Irregular, unusual
LEGENDARY 9 letters
Fabled, mythical
KISS 4 letters
Signified by x
SETASIDE 8 letters
Put by
HEEL 4 letters
Part of shoe
FATS 4 letters
Milk, butter etc
DISPUTE 7 letters
Argue, quarrel
RITE 4 letters
Custom, observance
GADABOUT 8 letters
Person who gallivants
AHEAD 5 letters
To the fore
OVINE 5 letters
Of sheep
SEEPED 6 letters
Oozed
EARS 4 letters
Listeners!
DELI 4 letters
Lunch counter (abbr)
NARRATOR 8 letters
One who gives account
ADHERE 6 letters
Cleave to
AUGMENT 7 letters
Expand, boost
POLES 5 letters
Opposite ends of the world
ANTEATER 8 letters
Insect-devouring animal
DARWIN 6 letters
Evolutionary theorist
BIAS 4 letters
Imbalance of opinion
SATSUMA 7 letters
Seedless orange
SPREE 5 letters
Binge
GILET 5 letters
Sleeveless garment
REACTOR 7 letters
Nuclear energy device
ECSTATIC 8 letters
Extremely happy
RULE 4 letters
Preside over
SHAMEFUL 8 letters
Disgraceful
TABLET 6 letters
Form of medication
BARGAIN 7 letters
Item bought at a good price
THWACK 6 letters
Heavy striking sound
KENNELS 7 letters
Where dogs are boarded
JAGUAR 6 letters
South American wild cat
FACTS 5 letters
Pieces of info
PARMESAN 8 letters
Cheese grated on pasta
SERGE 5 letters
Durable twilled fabric
BETS 4 letters
Wagers
CHATEAU 7 letters
French country house
FORCE 5 letters
Make someone do something
SINUS 5 letters
Cavity connecting with nose
ROLLERS 7 letters
Long swelling waves
CARBONATE 9 letters
Make liquid fizzy
OMIT 4 letters
Miss out something
GOTH 4 letters
Morbid style of music
POISONOUS 9 letters
Venomous
HASH 4 letters
Mix-up, shambles
AMPLIFIER 9 letters
It increases music volume
MOON 4 letters
Cow jumped over it
STUB 4 letters
Bang one's toe
FLORISTRY 9 letters
Flower-arranging
LIMB 4 letters
Body part
TOILED 6 letters
Worked really hard
OFF 3 letters
Cancelled, not happening
BRUNT 5 letters
Full force, impact
DYNAMIC 7 letters
Powerfully energetic
ARTS 4 letters
Cultural interests
CONFER 6 letters
Put heads together
YARN 4 letters
Sailor's tale
ELK 3 letters
Large deer
ENMASSE 7 letters
As a group
WIDENED 7 letters
Dilated (eyes)
ADLIB 5 letters
Think up on the spot
HINGE 5 letters
Door swings on it
GALAXY 6 letters
Very large group of stars
MOODY 5 letters
Unsettled, sullen
PAGEBOY 7 letters
Shoulder-length hairstyle
ALAS 4 letters
Unfortunately (arch)
ELF 3 letters
Santa's helper
FLY 3 letters
Small winged insect
VASE 4 letters
Flower holder
DELUXE 6 letters
Of highest quality
SHIES 5 letters
Starts in alarm (horse)
HEYDAY 6 letters
Era of popularity
EMPTY 5 letters
Untenanted
MUSTARD 7 letters
Brownish-yellow
TROY 4 letters
Ancient city besieged for 10 years
WEEP 4 letters
Emit liquid, ooze
BYLINE 6 letters
Writer's name on article
SHOD 4 letters
Equipped with shoes
JAMB 4 letters
Part of doorway
BRAYING 7 letters
Sounding like a donkey
PEAS 4 letters
Grows in pods
MIZZLE 6 letters
Fine light rain (inf)
SAND 4 letters
Beach material
DEFT 4 letters
Nimble-fingered
DAIS 4 letters
Platform for speeches
MADE 4 letters
Built
TAXI 4 letters
Vehicle for hire
FRIEZE 6 letters
Horizontal wall painting
FEIGN 5 letters
Assume an appearance
THREE 5 letters
Half of six
DAZZLED 7 letters
Overcome, fascinated
SILT 4 letters
Sludge
RARELY 6 letters
Seldom
YEARBOOK 8 letters
An annual, summary of facts
NIGHT 5 letters
Opposite of day
SPECULATIVE 11 letters
Theoretical, conjectural
BRIGHTSPARK 11 letters
Clever person (inf)
PUZZLER 7 letters
Crossword fan, perhaps
AUGUR 5 letters
Foretell
CULT 4 letters
Sect
CLUB 4 letters
Sports organization
TAG 3 letters
Label
SEASHELL 8 letters
Casing of whelk or mussel
LADDER 6 letters
Set of steps
LOCKET 6 letters
Worn on a neck chain
KNUCKLE 7 letters
Bumpy part of fist!
CURSOR 6 letters
Computer screen marker
TAB 3 letters
Flap, marker
BANJO 5 letters
Country music instrument
SOUL 4 letters
Essence of being
BUMP 4 letters
Thud, hit
LOGO 4 letters
Organization's identifying mark
VENUE 5 letters
Site for event
SNOOKER 7 letters
Game like pool
COLLARBONE 10 letters
Clavicle
WHILE 5 letters
Unspecified long time
HAUNTED 7 letters
Frequented (inf)
LILY 4 letters
Flower name for girl
TRUDGE 6 letters
Plod along
REPUBLIC 8 letters
Nation with elected head
DRAFT 5 letters
Blueprint, outline
ENSUED 6 letters
Followed as result
SHOCK 5 letters
Jolt from electricity
HOURLY 6 letters
Every sixty minutes
SPEARS 6 letters
Long throwing weapons
HUMERUS 7 letters
Upper arm bone
CUTE 4 letters
Endearing
SUNBATHE 8 letters
Acquire tan
ANTELOPE 8 letters
Gazelle, for example
DANDELION 9 letters
Weed with name meaning lion's tooth
NUANCED 7 letters
With subtle distinctions
AVATAR 6 letters
Gamer's identity
STALL 5 letters
Market trader's 'shop'
VENGEFUL 8 letters
Vindictive
NICHE 5 letters
Hollowed-out area in wall
PART 4 letters
Portion, share
HERO 4 letters
Icon, person to look up to
TYCOON 6 letters
Business magnate
PENCIL 6 letters
Used for drawing
REELED 6 letters
Whirled
PONDS 5 letters
Small lakes

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