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Issue 5 Crossword Answers

COSTING 7 letters
Working out price
CANNY 5 letters
Shrewd
SHIES 5 letters
Starts in alarm (horse)
CONSTRICT 9 letters
Tighten, become narrower
YANKS 5 letters
Tugs
MOTORCADE 9 letters
Vehicle procession
GAGS 4 letters
Prevents from speaking
MEAD 4 letters
Drink made with honey
EAGERNESS 9 letters
Keenness
RAID 4 letters
Sudden invasion
CRACKDOWN 9 letters
Tough policy
ARBITER 7 letters
Judge, referee
PIETY 5 letters
Devoutness
SWILL 5 letters
Scraps of food waste
ABBREVIATED 11 letters
Shortened (like a name)
DRAGONFLY 9 letters
Large four-winged insect
KITTY 5 letters
Affectionate name for cat
EARLIER 7 letters
Sooner
OAR 3 letters
Use it to row boat
SPECK 5 letters
Little mark
COCOA 5 letters
Bedtime beverage
NECKERCHIEF 11 letters
Square scarf
GREEK 5 letters
Grecian
ARRAY 5 letters
Impressive selection
SLOPPY 6 letters
Undisciplined, slovenly
LYING 5 letters
Reclining
EDITS 5 letters
Prepares for publication
CEDAR 5 letters
Tall fragrant conifer
PRIM 4 letters
Prudish
PLAYED 6 letters
Performed music
EARS 4 letters
Organs of hearing
SPAN 4 letters
Length of bridge
TRAUMA 6 letters
Very distressing experience
ASP 3 letters
Type of cobra
ADO 3 letters
Commotion
APP 3 letters
Small computer program (abbr)
POPGUN 6 letters
Cork-firing toy
LILAC 5 letters
Light purple
EERIE 5 letters
Ghostly
JIFFY 5 letters
Moment, flash (inf)
OFFICE 6 letters
Place where business is conducted
FOUR 4 letters
Quartet
IMPS 4 letters
Mischievous children
PUPA 4 letters
Larva's next stage
INFLUX 6 letters
Sudden mass arrival
LEONINE 7 letters
Lion-like
WAIT 4 letters
Hang around
BIGWIG 6 letters
An official (inf)
DOGGEDLY 8 letters
Stubbornly, persistently
NAVAL 5 letters
Relating to warships
DISGRACEFUL 11 letters
Shameful
FLABBERGAST 11 letters
Astonish, astound (inf)
IRONING 7 letters
Smoothing clothes
GAVEL 5 letters
Mallet rapped for attention
GAIN 4 letters
Opposite of loss
HIRE 4 letters
Take on staff
LOB 3 letters
Toss ball
GYMKHANA 8 letters
Equestrian contest
AYEAYE 6 letters
Yes, Captain!
CLEAVE 6 letters
Split in two
ABRIDGE 7 letters
Condense text
SHRANK 6 letters
Got smaller
EBB 3 letters
Fade away
BATHE 5 letters
Wash body
KOHL 4 letters
Cosmetic to enhance eyes
DRUG 4 letters
A prescribed medicine
VERB 4 letters
'Doing' part of speech
ULTRA 5 letters
Beyond usual limits
AGENDAS 7 letters
Lists for discussion
REMARKABLE 10 letters
Out of the ordinary
SECRETION 9 letters
Emission of substance
CHAIRLIFT 9 letters
Skiers' transport
ESPLANADE 9 letters
Wide paved area
SLING 5 letters
Sweep over shoulder
LEBANON 7 letters
Beirut is its capital
NECK 4 letters
Crane it to see!
DOLE 4 letters
Share out
ECHO 4 letters
Reflection of sound
IMBECILE 8 letters
Fool
RAISIN 6 letters
Sun-dried fruit
RIDICULED 9 letters
Taunted
AGREEABLE 9 letters
Nice, pleasing
TULSA 5 letters
City in Oklahoma
BAD 3 letters
Harmful
VACUOUS 7 letters
Looking blank, expressionless
OFFLOAD 7 letters
Unburden
AGILE 5 letters
Nimble
STATE 5 letters
Set out facts
PALL 4 letters
Become boring
FIRM 4 letters
Solid to the touch
TRAUMA 6 letters
Very distressing experience
MANITOBA 8 letters
Province of central Canada
HEAL 4 letters
Mend a wound
OLDMASTER 9 letters
Valuable classic painting
FARTHER 7 letters
At a greater distance
QUAFF 5 letters
Knock back drink
LAMED 5 letters
Injured in the leg
CRAFTSMAN 9 letters
Skilled manual worker
FIEND 5 letters
Fanatic
VULGARITY 9 letters
Coarseness
BRIG 4 letters
Twin-masted vessel
WITS 4 letters
Senses
GUITARIST 9 letters
Strummer
RIGS 4 letters
Fits sails
LORE 4 letters
Old knowledge
ESCAPED 7 letters
Fled from
SHELF 5 letters
Storage place
ABC 3 letters
Start of learning?
ETHICS 6 letters
Professional principles
JOBS 4 letters
Tasks
HABITS 6 letters
Regular tendencies
DEBACLE 7 letters
Complete disaster
RIB 3 letters
Chest bone
EXACTED 7 letters
Demanded, extorted
ADDED 5 letters
Increased the number
DELUXE 6 letters
Luxurious, plush
EXIST 5 letters
Live
REACH 5 letters
Achieve, attain
ILL 3 letters
Poorly
RESCIND 7 letters
Revoke, overturn
NAGS 4 letters
Constantly scolds
STY 3 letters
Pig pen
EXOTIC 6 letters
Unusual and glamorous
EDGE 4 letters
Upper hand
ROUSED 6 letters
Stirred into action
COAST 5 letters
Seaboard area
LYMPH 5 letters
Clear body fluid
AVERT 5 letters
Turn eyes away
SAGA 4 letters
Very long story
NOBODY 6 letters
Not one person
VIA 3 letters
By way of
SIS 3 letters
Female sibling (abbr)
PORTAL 6 letters
Gateway
LEI 3 letters
Necklace of flowers
OAF 3 letters
Lout
SKI 3 letters
Equipment for snow
KUNGFU 6 letters
Martial art
ERASE 5 letters
Delete from memory
ICING 5 letters
Sweet coating on cake
ABIDE 5 letters
Put up with
FABRIC 6 letters
Woven or knitted material
ACHE 4 letters
Nagging pain
BAN 3 letters
Prohibit
HIS 3 letters
Not hers
NODOFF 6 letters
Doze
PHIAL 5 letters
Medicine bottle
HELLO 5 letters
Friendly greeting
AUSTRIAN 8 letters
Viennese, perhaps
OFTEN 5 letters
Again and again
FLAG 4 letters
Banner
ETERNAL 7 letters
Forever
HALFANDHALF 11 letters
Fifty per cent of each
RAINY 5 letters
Description of wet weather
OSTENTATION 11 letters
Attention-seeking display
ATLAS 5 letters
Comprehensive road map
AWAKENS 7 letters
Rouses
FLOORING 8 letters
Linoleum, carpet etc
KNEE 4 letters
Bend it to sit
LINESMAN 8 letters
Referee's assistant
NOTBAD 6 letters
Quite good!
TAPERED 7 letters
Funnel-shaped, conical
VIOLET 6 letters
Rainbow hue
KENYA 5 letters
Its capital Nairobi
HOPE 4 letters
Be optimistic
RELEVANT 8 letters
Pertinent
ARCED 5 letters
Curved
DELL 4 letters
Small wooded hollow
LARCENY 7 letters
Crime of stealing
MACHO 5 letters
Manly (inf)
ODDLY 5 letters
Peculiarly
ANODE 5 letters
Part of battery
TINKLED 7 letters
Made high bell-like sound
ADORNED 7 letters
Embellished
ACTOR 5 letters
Player of many parts
PENDANT 7 letters
Type of necklace
AGLOW 5 letters
Gleaming, brilliant
ADEPT 5 letters
Expert, capable
INDICT 6 letters
Charge with crime
MERGED 6 letters
Became one
VERSATILE 9 letters
Multi-talented
KARAOKE 7 letters
Popular singalong entertainment
DROOP 5 letters
Sag
EYES 4 letters
Looks at
USING 5 letters
Bringing into play
QUASHED 7 letters
Suppressed
ECUADOR 7 letters
Quito its capital
SMIDGEN 7 letters
Just a tad (inf)
GUSTY 5 letters
Windy, breezy
SCUM 4 letters
Slimy film
ABYSS 5 letters
Deep gorge
SKEIN 5 letters
Hank of wool
NORTH 5 letters
Arctic direction
BIKES 5 letters
Motorcycles
LEOTARD 7 letters
Gym or dance wear
SNIVEL 6 letters
Sniff audibly
STROBE 6 letters
Flashing light
BRISTLE 7 letters
Stiff coarse hair
SKIFF 5 letters
Small rowboat
GLORY 5 letters
Magnificence
EMISSIONS 9 letters
Greenhouse gases, for example
FOLLY 5 letters
Foolishness
SUPREMACY 9 letters
Overall authority
OPEN 4 letters
Not closed
NABS 4 letters
Seizes (inf)
AFAR 4 letters
Miles away
DUFFELBAG 9 letters
Drawstring cylindrical carrier
RYAN 4 letters
Mr Gosling, actor
RECOUP 6 letters
Regain losses
USE 3 letters
Operate (tool)
OTHER 5 letters
Not this one
YEARNED 7 letters
Pined for
BEAU 4 letters
Boyfriend (arch)
TEASET 6 letters
Matching cups and saucers
EDEN 4 letters
Place of pristine natural beauty
NOB 3 letters
Head (inf)
FEARFUL 7 letters
Cautious, worried
CORRALS 7 letters
Herds cattle together
SPOOF 5 letters
Light-hearted caricature (inf)
LEACH 5 letters
Seep
CACKLE 6 letters
Loud cluck
MOUSE 5 letters
Small rodent
BEDROOM 7 letters
Sleeping chamber
EDIT 4 letters
Correct some writing
ACE 3 letters
Matchless
WEB 3 letters
Internet
RILL 4 letters
Very small brook
SMELLY 6 letters
Having unpleasant scent
TILE 4 letters
Cover bathroom wall, perhaps
THOUGHTLESS 11 letters
Lacking concern for others
ASH 3 letters
Powdery residue
DEFERENTIAL 11 letters
Respectful
SNAG 4 letters
Difficulty in scheme
SIGHTSEEING 11 letters
Touring places of interest
LABEL 5 letters
Trademarked name, brand
NEIGH 5 letters
Cry of horse
HABIT 5 letters
Regular tendency
SHARPEN 7 letters
Hone blade
LADLE 5 letters
Large serving-spoon
ABET 4 letters
Collude with
START 5 letters
Opposite of stop
RACE 4 letters
Compete at speed
PUG 3 letters
Small wrinkle-faced dog
REASSURANCE 11 letters
Confidence boost
LUMPED 6 letters
Grouped together carelessly
SKELETON 8 letters
Body framework
LAPSED 6 letters
No longer valid
EDITOR 6 letters
News boss
BLOC 4 letters
Allied political group
PAROLE 6 letters
Conditional release from prison
AUCKLAND 8 letters
New Zealand city
LIAR 4 letters
Deceiver
APPLES 6 letters
Popular tree fruits
TYCOON 6 letters
Wealthy big shot
EDIT 4 letters
Abridge written work
DARKENED 8 letters
Made less light
APE 3 letters
Primate
EGGTIMER 8 letters
Hourglass used in kitchen
REINDEER 8 letters
Caribou
ETHICS 6 letters
Professional principles
EXHALE 6 letters
Emit (breath)
RADISH 6 letters
Red root eaten raw
GALL 4 letters
Brazen boldness
LETHAL 6 letters
Deadly
CHURCH 6 letters
Building for worship
ROSS 4 letters
Diana, singer/actress
DAINTY 6 letters
Small and neat
ACES 4 letters
Performs extremely well
LASVEGAS 8 letters
Nevada resort city
SWEDISH 7 letters
From Stockholm, maybe
FREEING 7 letters
Releasing
DREGS 5 letters
Last remains (inf)
UNEARTH 7 letters
Dig up
DOWEL 5 letters
Wooden fastening pin
WRATH 5 letters
Rage
WARCRY 6 letters
Battle rally call
ONTOUR 6 letters
Journeying around
ORIENTEER 9 letters
Map-reading competitor
DREDGER 7 letters
Vessel for scraping seabed
AGENT 5 letters
Actor's manager
SANE 4 letters
Stable, sound
HEATH 5 letters
Open area of land
CRACKED 7 letters
Fractured
DEBITED 7 letters
Taken from bank account
STUNNED 7 letters
Made dizzy
ORATE 5 letters
Talk grandly, pontificate
FEET 4 letters
Useful for walking!
SCENT 5 letters
Fragrance
AMOUR 5 letters
French for love
WORRY 5 letters
Cause anxiety
COMIC 5 letters
Stand-up entertainer
EMOTION 7 letters
Anger or fear, maybe
NEUTER 6 letters
Grammatically neither masculine nor feminine
BREEZE 6 letters
Light wind
POUT 4 letters
Petulant look
PACED 5 letters
Measured by walking
EASES 5 letters
Lessens pain
WICK 4 letters
Core of candle
ISLE 4 letters
Land mass in water
KALE 4 letters
Leafy green vegetable
DEALS 5 letters
Distributes cards
CAVALCADE 9 letters
Procession on horseback
CROCK 5 letters
Earthenware pot
LITHE 5 letters
Willowy
POLLUTE 7 letters
Contaminate
KNAVE 5 letters
Scoundrel (arch)
STIGMA 6 letters
Stain on character
ENDED 5 letters
Ceased
SCAMP 5 letters
Mischievous child
SPATE 5 letters
Rush of events
ECHO 4 letters
Resound
ETHNIC 6 letters
Specific to a culture
PACE 4 letters
Measure out in steps
OGLE 4 letters
Look at greedily
MUTTON 6 letters
Food from sheep
NUB 3 letters
Heart of the matter
TAD 3 letters
Small bit (inf)
EBB 3 letters
Wane, die away
BILLED 6 letters
Charged to account
AVAIL 5 letters
Profit from, use
ULCER 5 letters
Painful sore area
USURP 5 letters
Forcefully replace leader
DRIVEL 6 letters
Silly talk
REED 4 letters
Waterside plant
SOLD 4 letters
Opposite of bought
JEDI 4 letters
Luke Skywalker, for example
EARNED 6 letters
Made money by working
HUNTER 6 letters
Stalker of animals
EKE 3 letters
Make it last
ADAGE 5 letters
Proverb
SIGHING 7 letters
Expressing sadness
FLEA 4 letters
Parasitic insect
TUCKED 6 letters
Secured (bedsheets)
IDLY 4 letters
Not energetically
ATE 3 letters
Had a meal
EGGHEAD 7 letters
Brainy type (inf)
LULLABY 7 letters
Bedtime song
FRAUD 5 letters
Hoax, sham
ENDOW 5 letters
Grant money to
OBEYED 6 letters
Did as was told
REACT 5 letters
Respond
SPELLED 7 letters
Named the letters
PLOD 4 letters
Walk heavily
WED 3 letters
Marry
AND 3 letters
In addition
TOMB 4 letters
Burial chamber
CANCEL 6 letters
Call off appointment
PREHISTORIC 11 letters
Before written records
REVUE 5 letters
Skits, songs and dances
HEROINE 7 letters
Brave woman
TEA 3 letters
Bergamot or jasmine for example
RAIDED 6 letters
Swooped and searched
CATTERY 7 letters
Feline boarding establishment
TWEEDS 6 letters
Rough twilled fabrics
WAVER 5 letters
Vacillate
BICKERING 9 letters
Petty squabbling
EYEPIECE 8 letters
Viewing part of telescope
EWER 4 letters
Wide-mouthed jug
SIN 3 letters
Illegal action
INGRESS 7 letters
Means of access
EJECT 5 letters
Kick out, dismiss
TOBACCO 7 letters
Tall plant cultivated for its leaves
AYE 3 letters
Yes
ENABLE 6 letters
Provide the means
TATTOO 6 letters
Permanent skin decoration
AGRA 4 letters
Site of Taj Mahal
CIABATTA 8 letters
Flattish Italian bread
TIARA 5 letters
Sparkly headband
MELTING 7 letters
Thawing
NET 3 letters
Final, take-home (pay)
CRAWL 5 letters
Move along slowly
SPORTSWOMAN 11 letters
Female athlete
LENGTH 6 letters
Distance from end to end
SPECIMEN 8 letters
Scientific sample
LIMPET 6 letters
Clinging shellfish
GEMINI 6 letters
Zodiac sign May to June
COUP 4 letters
Masterstroke, triumph
STUCCO 6 letters
Decorative plasterwork
NEAPTIDE 8 letters
Minimum rise and fall of sea
OATH 4 letters
Formal promise
EGGCUP 6 letters
Trophy for hens?
IMPACT 6 letters
Full force
THEM 4 letters
The others!
TRILLION 8 letters
Very large number
RED 3 letters
Scarlet
LAUREATE 8 letters
Person receiving Nobel award
COINCIDE 8 letters
Occur simultaneously
ORCHID 6 letters
Exotic flower
INDIAN 6 letters
From Mumbai, perhaps
EMBODY 6 letters
Stand for, personify
ULNA 4 letters
Bone below elbow
NOTION 6 letters
Idea
SCARED 6 letters
Alarmed
RIOT 4 letters
Serious crowd disturbance
BREATH 6 letters
Sigh, gasp
MISO 4 letters
Soybean paste
AUDITION 8 letters
Actor's tryout
FOOTHILLS 9 letters
Lower approaches to mountain
JOWL 4 letters
Flabby throat skin
LUTE 4 letters
Old strummed instrument
PAYS 4 letters
Hands over money
SPAGHETTI 9 letters
Long pasta strings
SILK 4 letters
Lustrous fabric
FEET 4 letters
Measures of length
WACKY 5 letters
Zany (inf)
KAPUT 5 letters
Broken beyond repair (inf)
SOCK 4 letters
Foot-covering
EPIC 4 letters
Long movie, maybe
ACED 4 letters
Got highest possible score
YACHT 5 letters
Pleasure boat
WADDING 7 letters
Packing material
NEAREST 7 letters
Closest
BASIC 5 letters
Fundamental
BAITS 5 letters
Hassles, teases
DEALS 5 letters
Contracts
INANE 5 letters
Silly, pointless
INEXCUSABLE 11 letters
Not justifiable
BAHAMAS 7 letters
Islands off Florida
EARDRUM 7 letters
Membrane for hearing
GATECRASHER 11 letters
Party intruder
CABIN 5 letters
Aircraft passenger section
ACTED 5 letters
Performed on stage
KEBAB 5 letters
Cubed meat and vegetable dish
TAMER 5 letters
Animal trainer
LIKENED 7 letters
Compared
SAM 3 letters
American uncle?
WATERINGCAN 11 letters
Used to wet plants
ABLE 4 letters
Adroit
ELDEST 6 letters
Oldest
IMAGE 5 letters
Reflection
GEAR 4 letters
Bicycle mechanism
ACUMEN 6 letters
Insight, shrewdness
CLAD 4 letters
Covered in
ABACUS 6 letters
Basic calculating device
ASHEN 5 letters
Pale-faced
ALKALI 6 letters
Not an acid
UMPIRE 6 letters
Supervise a game
ITEMS 5 letters
Individual things
THEFT 5 letters
Robbery
BALI 4 letters
Indonesian island
GEEK 4 letters
Computer fanatic (inf)
FACADE 6 letters
Front of building
ICED 4 letters
Very chilled
PIEINTHESKY 11 letters
Unrealistic enterprise (inf)
SICKLE 6 letters
Hand-held cutting tool
LOAM 4 letters
Fertile soil
SAWS 4 letters
Cuts wood
DAUNT 5 letters
Intimidate
PARTIALLY 9 letters
Not entirely
BICEPS 6 letters
Arm muscle
CALAMARI 8 letters
Squid on the menu
CUBAN 5 letters
Squarish medium heel
NASAL 5 letters
Relating to the nose
MAISONETTE 10 letters
Two-floor apartment
SCARECROW 9 letters
Bird frightener
EXCHANGE 8 letters
Swap
GOA 3 letters
Indian beach state
RAPS 4 letters
Sharp blows with knuckles
VERSE 5 letters
Section of song
LARVAE 6 letters
Immature insects
GAMEPLAN 8 letters
Strategy
NITRIC 6 letters
Containing nitrogen
SCRAP 5 letters
Discard
RACECOURSE 10 letters
Where horses compete
UGLY 4 letters
Hideous
EMMY 4 letters
US TV award
EMBER 5 letters
Red fragment of coal
ADORABLE 8 letters
Charming
CYNIC 5 letters
Doubter
CHAIRED 7 letters
Headed meeting
NANA 4 letters
Grandmother (inf)
LADIES 6 letters
With the gentlemen?
SWEETPEA 8 letters
Fragrant climbing flower
OLDER 5 letters
Not as young
MYXOMATOSIS 11 letters
Infectious rabbit disease
ADVENTUROUS 11 letters
Daring, intrepid
YEARNED 7 letters
Longed for
ENDED 5 letters
Finished
OARS 4 letters
Pull them to move boat
DENT 4 letters
Dint, dip
ROE 3 letters
Fish eggs
SCOTFREE 8 letters
Completely unpunished (inf)
ABDUCT 6 letters
Seize someone forcefully
REVERT 6 letters
Go back to original
EMINENT 7 letters
Distinguished, outstanding
NECTAR 6 letters
Drink of the gods?
OAF 3 letters
Clumsy fool
FELON 5 letters
Criminal
TREK 4 letters
Long hard walk
TIER 4 letters
Elevated row of seats
NUDE 4 letters
Type of portrait
IDLER 5 letters
Layabout
TRUDEAU 7 letters
Canadian Prime Minister from 2015
ENDEARMENT 10 letters
Term of affection
INGRAINED 9 letters
Hardwired, deep-seated
ICING 5 letters
Freezing over
TAILS 5 letters
Fox 'brushes'
TITANIC 7 letters
Iceberg-stricken ship
GANGS 5 letters
Groups of people
PROVERB 7 letters
Adage
HACKS 5 letters
Breaks into computer
SCRAM 5 letters
Go away! (inf)
RECOVERED 9 letters
Got better from illness
SCRUM 5 letters
Tightly-packed crowd
BEGGED 6 letters
Asked for charity
GRABS 5 letters
Seizes
ADJOURNMENT 11 letters
Pause in court
BANJO 5 letters
Plucked instrument
BLOC 4 letters
Group of nations
VEERED 6 letters
Swerved
AIL 3 letters
Be unwell
GAB 3 letters
Chatter (inf)
OBJECT 6 letters
Speak out against
ADD 3 letters
Calculate numbers together
ARC 3 letters
Curve
RAISED 6 letters
Elevated
ICONS 5 letters
Computer display symbols
SAMBA 5 letters
Latin ballroom dance
SITCOM 6 letters
Situation comedy (abbr)
IFFY 4 letters
Dubious, uncertain (inf)
ALI 3 letters
Baba, fairytale character
FEN 3 letters
Bog
NABBED 6 letters
Arrested (inf)
ZEAL 4 letters
Dedication
OPENHEARTED 11 letters
Warm and friendly
DRY 3 letters
Dehydrated
STAGEFRIGHT 11 letters
Performance nerves
TRIO 4 letters
More than a duo
TEMPERATURE 11 letters
It rises when feverish
BABEL 5 letters
Tumult of sounds
IGLOO 5 letters
Frozen shelter
OASES 5 letters
Welcome sites in desert!
RECTIFY 7 letters
Put right
LARRY 5 letters
Short form of Lawrence
ABUT 4 letters
Be adjacent to
WILLS 5 letters
Inheritance documents
LAMB 4 letters
Spring baby animal
OFF 3 letters
Non-operational
RULEOFTHUMB 11 letters
Roughly reliable method
SINGER 6 letters
Vocalist
DOLT 4 letters
Stupid person
NEEDLE 6 letters
Provoke, tease
BOWLER 6 letters
Cricketer who delivers ball
TOLL 4 letters
Ring bell slowly
MURPHY 6 letters
Irish actor Cillian
SALVATION 9 letters
Redemption
KIWIFRUIT 9 letters
Chinese gooseberry
GNAT 4 letters
Annoying small insect
LISP 4 letters
Minor speech difficulty
PLUSH 5 letters
Velvety
DAZED 5 letters
Confused, stunned
REVILE 6 letters
Express loathing towards
RARITY 6 letters
Something very scarce
LEGACY 6 letters
Bequest
TINTED 6 letters
Tinged
DEFEND 6 letters
Protect
ENSIGN 6 letters
Ship's nationality flag
HIKED 5 letters
Trekked
GOOD 4 letters
Honest, just
DOWN 4 letters
Fully descended
ASIA 4 letters
World's largest continent
NORTHEAST 9 letters
Diagonally opposite southwest
YAWNED 6 letters
Gaped
DRAGON 6 letters
Fairytale beast
FURLONG 7 letters
Eighth of a mile
PSYCHIC 7 letters
Spiritualist, medium
GROUP 5 letters
Gather together
DENOTES 7 letters
Indicates, means
UTTER 5 letters
Say words
TEETH 5 letters
Used for biting
UNSURE 6 letters
Not certain
BEETLE 6 letters
Ladybug is one
CRAFTSMAN 9 letters
Skilled manual worker
LACQUER 7 letters
Hard shiny furniture surface
OVERT 5 letters
Clearly apparent
NEIL 4 letters
Mr Armstrong, moon-walker
OFFER 5 letters
Bid to buy
ABOUNDS 7 letters
Is copious
FURNACE 7 letters
Industrial oven
STAMINA 7 letters
Sustained physical resilience
ABUSE 5 letters
Mistreat
AUNT 4 letters
Uncle's wife
ABUTS 5 letters
Is right next to
FJORD 5 letters
Steep inlet
DROOL 5 letters
Salivate
BIJOU 5 letters
Small and dainty
ACRONYM 7 letters
Word from initial letters
TIRADE 6 letters
Diatribe
TOUCAN 6 letters
Large-billed bird
METEORITE 9 letters
Rock from space
SAGE 4 letters
Wise, thoughtful
USED 4 letters
Availed oneself of
ENGROSSED 9 letters
Absorbed in
BIND 4 letters
Tie up
TENTATIVE 9 letters
Uncertain, cautious
FLING 5 letters
Throw, hurl
YELLS 5 letters
Speaks very loudly
FINALLY 7 letters
In the end
GAINS 5 letters
Profits
ACT 3 letters
Perform
CAESAR 6 letters
Roman leader who was murdered
MUSIC 5 letters
Songs, tunes
LACK 4 letters
To be without
TIGHTEN 7 letters
Make more secure
ATHENS 6 letters
Greek capital
CAGE 4 letters
Confine
ADVANCE 7 letters
Move forward
DEFLATE 7 letters
Let out air
USABLE 6 letters
Practical and convenient
CONSENT 7 letters
Give permission
ODDER 5 letters
More peculiar
SLOP 4 letters
Dish out messily
BAIL 4 letters
Bond for prisoner's release
DUBLIN 6 letters
Capital of Ireland
IRE 3 letters
Fury
DEEPFREEZE 10 letters
Store at low temperature
PACED 5 letters
Strode about
ROBBING 7 letters
Stealing, thieving
SEED 4 letters
Sown by farmers
SYRIA 5 letters
Country with capital Damascus
BAKED 5 letters
Oven-cooked
CABLECAR 8 letters
Transport for skiers
DAIS 4 letters
Platform for speeches
LEASED 6 letters
Rented
SPATULA 7 letters
Spreading kitchen tool
NEARS 5 letters
Approaches
GABLE 5 letters
Clark, star of old movies
CAFE 4 letters
Small simple restaurant
ETHER 5 letters
Highly volatile liquid
BEEF 4 letters
Meat from cattle
BABERUTH 8 letters
Legendary baseball league player
SAFE 4 letters
Unharmed
AFFAIR 6 letters
Risky romance?
DEVELOP 7 letters
Evolve
BOOKS 5 letters
Reserves seats
LEAFLESS 8 letters
Bare, stripped (plants)
RECESS 6 letters
Alcove
HURL 4 letters
Throw with energy
VIEWING 7 letters
Watching a television show
NASTY 5 letters
Cruel
VIOLA 5 letters
Stringed orchestral instrument
CAREERS 7 letters
Professions
LISTLESS 8 letters
Lacking in energy
CITY 4 letters
Metropolis
QUARTERS 8 letters
Soldiers' lodgings
PRISSY 6 letters
Prim and proper
IMPLODE 7 letters
Collapse inwardly
BUDGET 6 letters
Spending plan
TIDINGS 7 letters
News (arch)
ANGINA 6 letters
Severe chest pain
DIGIT 5 letters
Finger
ENGRAVED 8 letters
Etched into metal
VOTER 5 letters
Participant in elections
SCAM 4 letters
Criminal deception (inf)
GNOCCHI 7 letters
Dumplings with sauce
EATEN 5 letters
Consumed
THERM 5 letters
Unit of heat
ABSORBS 7 letters
Soaks up moisture
FOLIAGE 7 letters
Plant greenery
UTTERLY 7 letters
Completely
ONTAP 5 letters
Easily available
FALTERS 7 letters
Walks unsteadily
AURAS 5 letters
Atmospheres, moods
TENSE 5 letters
Present, past or future
OUTING 6 letters
Excursion
NATURE 6 letters
Flora and fauna
ADAPTABLE 9 letters
Open to change
ICELAND 7 letters
Atlantic island of hot springs
TEARS 5 letters
Breaks apart
GOLD 4 letters
Pan for it?
SPURN 5 letters
Treat with contempt
COSTING 7 letters
Working out price
DESIRED 7 letters
Wished for
SEAGULL 7 letters
Coastal bird
LOCAL 5 letters
Nearby, convenient
MEZE 4 letters
Greek appetizer
AFOOT 5 letters
In process, happening
MUMMY 5 letters
Embalmed body
DRUNK 5 letters
Intoxicated
FAULT 5 letters
Mistake, failing
LURKING 7 letters
Moving stealthily
OSMOND 6 letters
Brothers Jimmy and Donny etc
UNREAL 6 letters
Fantastical
NIGHTMARE 9 letters
Terror in sleep
VAGUE 5 letters
Imprecise
NEARS 5 letters
Goes towards
NEGOTIATE 9 letters
Cut a deal
EXAMS 5 letters
Students face these (abbr)
SPECTACLE 9 letters
Eye-catching scene
FABLE 5 letters
Story, usually with moral
SCOWL 5 letters
Frown
ALBATROSS 9 letters
Large powerful seabird
EXCEL 5 letters
Perform exceptionally well
FRENCH 6 letters
Parisian
ALAS 4 letters
Unfortunately (arch)
NYLON 5 letters
Light synthetic material
CHILLY 6 letters
Cool
KING 4 letters
Male monarch
ORALLY 6 letters
By mouth
HAIL 4 letters
Frozen rain
ANTS 4 letters
Small social insects
OBLIGE 6 letters
Compel, make happen
HICK 4 letters
Person from countryside
COSMIC 6 letters
Relating to universe
BYTE 4 letters
Computer data unit
ENABLE 6 letters
Empower
SLASH 5 letters
Web address punctuation mark
MUSSEL 6 letters
Bivalve shellfish
UNIT 4 letters
Component
PAID 4 letters
Settled a debt
FIJI 4 letters
Island country in South Pacific
SHIELD 6 letters
Protect
TARRED 6 letters
Covered with asphalt
ONE 3 letters
First number
EDICT 5 letters
Legal order
AGENDAS 7 letters
To-do lists
DRAM 4 letters
Small amount of drink
BANNED 6 letters
Forbidden
GORE 4 letters
Gruesomeness
MRS 3 letters
Senora, Madame
ECONOMY 7 letters
Country's wealth and resources
ALABAMA 7 letters
US cotton-growing state
IDYLL 5 letters
Happy carefree interlude
BADGE 5 letters
Emblem
GNAWED 6 letters
Bitten on
MAGMA 5 letters
Molten rock
BUGBEAR 7 letters
Irritant, continuing problem
UTAH 4 letters
State in Rocky Mountains
OAR 3 letters
Pole for boating
OFT 3 letters
Many times (arch)
HARM 4 letters
Hurt, damage
MIFFED 6 letters
Slightly offended
SEAMEN 6 letters
Sailors
EARMARK 7 letters
Designate for use
GUTS 4 letters
Nerve, courage (inf)
AFFAIR 6 letters
Business matter
FLORENCE 8 letters
Italian city, capital of Tuscany
ANGEL 5 letters
Sweet kind person
RENOWN 6 letters
Fame
AERATES 7 letters
Fills with air
SLOW 4 letters
Unhurried
ORGAN 5 letters
The heart, for example
EXAM 4 letters
Test of knowledge (abbr)
COLESLAW 8 letters
Sliced cabbage salad
LOATHING 8 letters
Detesting
KNOT 4 letters
Tight tangle
SCAB 4 letters
Crust, sore
BISECTS 7 letters
Cuts in two
SCRAPE 6 letters
Grate harshly
SWAB 4 letters
Clean with mop
MERELY 6 letters
Purely, simply
CAPETOWN 8 letters
South African port
PRIZE 5 letters
Trophy
ISLE 4 letters
Small land mass
MIDI 4 letters
Calf-length skirt
ALIBI 5 letters
Proof against wrongdoing
BRIOCHE 7 letters
Sweet French bread
ENERGY 6 letters
Dynamism
PIGSTY 6 letters
Porkers' house
ELUDE 5 letters
Avoid capture
LACKS 5 letters
Is deficient in
DESCRIBE 8 letters
Portray, give an account
ABUSE 5 letters
Use badly
BOLD 4 letters
Daring, unafraid
SADNESS 7 letters
Heartache
CHARISMATIC 11 letters
Appealing (in character)
PANIC 5 letters
Lose one's nerve
ADJOURNMENT 11 letters
Suspension of meeting
HACKS 5 letters
Chops at roughly
ALLUDED 7 letters
Referred to
RESTRAIN 8 letters
Forcibly hold back
ZERO 4 letters
Absolutely none
ALLOCATE 8 letters
Distribute, share out
STUBBY 6 letters
Short and thick
UNRAVEL 7 letters
Clear up mystery
CLOSER 6 letters
Not so distant
MOODY 5 letters
Sulky, irritable
AWRY 4 letters
Askew
HOLOGRAM 8 letters
Laser image
RAISE 5 letters
Lift up
IDLE 4 letters
Frivolous, pointless
INVADED 7 letters
Encroached on territory
ALIEN 5 letters
Totally unfamiliar
OLDER 5 letters
More aged
MELEE 5 letters
Brawl
PROPAGATE 9 letters
Cultivate new plants
DABS 4 letters
Blots, pats dry
FINE 4 letters
Financial punishment
LIBRARIAN 9 letters
Curator of books
TAKE 4 letters
Remove
BARBARITY 9 letters
Savage cruelty
ABATE 5 letters
Die down
ACHES 5 letters
Dull continuous pains
UNABASHED 9 letters
Brazen, unapologetic
EDITS 5 letters
Refines text
QUIRK 5 letters
Foible, peculiarity
UNBEND 6 letters
Straighten up
ROOF 4 letters
Top of vehicle
ENEMY 5 letters
Opposite of friend
NEATEN 6 letters
Make tidy
MOPE 4 letters
Feel miserable
EGOTISTIC 9 letters
Self-important
OBLONG 6 letters
Rectangular
ALPS 4 letters
European mountains
ANY 3 letters
These or those
OTTER 5 letters
Graceful aquatic animal
ELAPSE 6 letters
Go by (years)
HOARSE 6 letters
Croaky
PLUSH 5 letters
Velvety
DOE 3 letters
Female deer
AKIN 4 letters
Closely related
ONCE 4 letters
Single time
SKIP 4 letters
Jump with rope
IGNORE 6 letters
Refuse to acknowledge
ENTER 5 letters
Make an entrance
SEVEN 5 letters
Three fewer than ten
EMPLOY 6 letters
Hire staff
GLADE 5 letters
Clearing in a wood
ADEPT 5 letters
Very able
DIVED 5 letters
Plunged into water
SPOT 4 letters
Small blotch
SMILED 6 letters
Grinned
IMPS 4 letters
Little devils
BLED 4 letters
Seeped blood
PLENTY 6 letters
More than enough
YEA 3 letters
Indeed, truly (arch)
RAM 3 letters
Pack in forcibly
SPA 3 letters
Therapeutic resort
PUMMEL 6 letters
Pound with fists
SCALY 5 letters
Like fish skin
UPPER 5 letters
Higher in ranking
OFFAL 5 letters
Internal organs of meat
MADCAP 6 letters
Foolhardy
AQUA 4 letters
Latin for water
FUME 4 letters
Be very cross
NULL 4 letters
Void
ENAMEL 6 letters
Surface applied to metal
GETAWAY 7 letters
Escape by robbers
TWIRL 5 letters
Turn round repeatedly
WIDEOPEN 8 letters
Gaping
YOWLED 6 letters
Mewled loudly
PADS 4 letters
Packs protectively
ABIDING 7 letters
Enduring
EDGED 5 letters
Bordered
TRIED 5 letters
Attempted
WADDING 7 letters
Stuffing, padding
WALLOWED 8 letters
Rolled in mud
MIND 4 letters
Intellect
WRECKING 8 letters
Destroying
YELPED 6 letters
Barked at high pitch
LENGTHY 7 letters
Rather long
TRAGIC 6 letters
Extremely sad
CATTERY 7 letters
Feline boarding establishment
WAGGLE 6 letters
Move ears
LIFTS 5 letters
Hoists
FANCIEST 8 letters
Most decorative
EMBER 5 letters
Dying coal
TIDY 4 letters
Put things away
FITTING 7 letters
Right and proper
IMBUE 5 letters
Permeate, influence
SLYLY 5 letters
Craftily
EAGERLY 7 letters
Avidly
EXTENT 6 letters
Range, scope
CELLS 5 letters
Prison rooms
LONELINESS 10 letters
Unwelcome solitude
EYE 3 letters
Organ of vision
ODDS 4 letters
Not evens
DISCERN 7 letters
Detect, make out
SNEAKY 6 letters
Sly
TALENTED 8 letters
Accomplished
ISLE 4 letters
Island
ABOMINABLE 10 letters
Detestable
NESTLED 7 letters
Settled snugly
DROSS 5 letters
Debris
BREAK 5 letters
Fall to pieces
ABANDONMENT 11 letters
Desertion
BIGGEST 7 letters
Largest
AUFAIT 6 letters
Aware, having knowledge of
UNVEIL 6 letters
Reveal
URGES 5 letters
Pushes for, presses
SUNBURN 7 letters
Excessive tanning
USAGE 5 letters
Habit, custom
ANEW 4 letters
Afresh
MEMBRANE 8 letters
Thin layer of body tissue
EAT 3 letters
Dine
TOTE 4 letters
Shopping bag
ETHEREAL 8 letters
Spiritual, insubstantial
UNSCATHED 9 letters
Without a mark, uninjured
HENNA 5 letters
Red hair dye
YOKED 5 letters
Joined (like oxen)
RANSACKED 9 letters
Looted
ACHED 5 letters
Throbbed, hurt
CAPINHAND 9 letters
Humbly, respectfully (inf)
HERBS 5 letters
Medicinal or culinary plants
YELPS 5 letters
Dog's painful cries
FRANKLY 7 letters
Openly and truthfully
STARS 5 letters
Asterisks
NESTLE 6 letters
Cuddle against
USED 4 letters
Operated (tool)
PLAID 5 letters
Tartan cloth
ACCORD 6 letters
Agreement, deal
WAKE 4 letters
Rouse from slumber
TEASEL 6 letters
Spiky wild plant
CHAT 4 letters
Talk informally
STUD 4 letters
Small metal fastener
IRONED 6 letters
Removed creases
EACH 4 letters
For every one
CHECKS 6 letters
Goes over for errors
IDEA 4 letters
Plan for action
AMAZON 6 letters
World's largest tropical rainforest
BULKY 5 letters
Large and unwieldy
BUREAU 6 letters
Office, department
USER 4 letters
Client, especially of service
FOAM 4 letters
Froth
JERK 4 letters
Pull suddenly
KLAXON 6 letters
Electrical horn
SPOON 5 letters
Use it for soup
PUSHED 6 letters
Forced in or down
OURS 4 letters
Not theirs!
SKIRT 5 letters
Edge around
KARATE 6 letters
Martial art
RYAN 4 letters
Meg, film star
SLACKNESS 9 letters
Looseness
ASTRAL 6 letters
Stellar, celestial
ROAD 4 letters
Surface for vehicles
DEN 3 letters
Animal's lair
ACUTE 5 letters
Severe (of illness)
OLDAGE 6 letters
Opposite of youth
BISECT 6 letters
Divide in two
BLING 5 letters
Showy adornments (inf)
BIN 3 letters
Storage box
MUGS 4 letters
Tall cups
IDLE 4 letters
Work-shy
CUBA 4 letters
Havana its capital
SADDEN 6 letters
Make unhappy
ASKEW 5 letters
Not straight
PESTO 5 letters
Italian green sauce
ALLEVIATE 9 letters
Mitigate
STAGGER 7 letters
Walk unsteadily
REIN 4 letters
Tightly control
ADORE 5 letters
Worship
TOGETHER 8 letters
Both at once
AFTER 5 letters
Not before
LATHERED 8 letters
Made soapy froth
GETS 4 letters
Obtains
EDGING 6 letters
Fringing, hem
GAGS 4 letters
Prevents from speaking
APERTURE 8 letters
Small hole
ENCHANTED 9 letters
Charmed, delighted
ITEM 4 letters
Object, thing
MISAPPLY 8 letters
Make bad use of
RIPS 4 letters
Tears open
EARS 4 letters
Spikes of corn
NUCLEUS 7 letters
Atom's core
RUSH 4 letters
Make haste
ENDANGER 8 letters
Imperil
NEWER 5 letters
More modern
GAPED 5 letters
Looked astonished
STOLEN 6 letters
Thieved
TOOK 4 letters
Seized
SWAP 4 letters
Trade, barter
EXPOSURE 8 letters
An uncovering
PRAYED 6 letters
Entreated, beseeched
FOSTER 6 letters
Nurture
DERANGED 8 letters
Disturbed, out of control
MOCKUP 6 letters
Simulate
EYEFUL 6 letters
Plenty to look at (inf)
HARD 4 letters
Arduous
POUNCE 6 letters
Swoop on
SOMEBODY 8 letters
Unspecified person
ATOM 4 letters
Tiny particle
ATTACK 6 letters
Set on with force
FADING 6 letters
Weakening
DRAG 4 letters
Lug
PILLAGED 8 letters
Looted
IRE 3 letters
Rage, indignation
AROMATIC 8 letters
Fragrant
MADDENED 8 letters
Made crazy or angry
AVOWED 6 letters
Openly promised
NARROW 6 letters
Opposite of broad
DELVES 6 letters
Digs around in
OURS 4 letters
Not theirs!
RELENT 6 letters
Yield to persuasion
SOFTER 6 letters
Gentler to the touch
THUD 4 letters
Walloping sound
LIABLE 6 letters
Under obligation
MENU 4 letters
Restaurant offering
OBEDIENT 8 letters
Well-behaved

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