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Issue 9 Crossword Answers

ILLNESS 7 letters
Ailment
PRONG 5 letters
Point of antler
DRESS 5 letters
Item of clothing
ADORNMENT 9 letters
Embellishment
GASPS 5 letters
Sudden breaths
WEFT 4 letters
In fabric, goes with warp
UPSET 5 letters
Angry or unhappy
TRUCK 5 letters
Freight vehicle
PASS 4 letters
Document authorizing access
SUMO 4 letters
Japanese wrestling
VERB 4 letters
Type of word
TWEAK 5 letters
Pull (someone's nose)
LIKE 4 letters
Similar to
WAILING 7 letters
Loudly lamenting
PRONE 5 letters
Lying flat
BBQ 3 letters
Outdoor meal (abbr)
STRAIN 6 letters
Filter solid from liquid
VISA 4 letters
Travel document
REBATE 6 letters
Payment due back
FEELING 7 letters
Inkling, presentiment
JAR 3 letters
Be at odds with
FLEEING 7 letters
Running away
STONE 5 letters
Hard middle of peach
TEASET 6 letters
China pot and cups
CLUNK 5 letters
Thud
TRAWL 5 letters
Fish with large net
TAD 3 letters
Somewhat (inf)
CRUELTY 7 letters
Malice
TAMP 4 letters
Press down repeatedly
PLY 3 letters
Work at trade
FELLOW 6 letters
Guy
NUMB 4 letters
Deaden
LOOPTHELOOP 11 letters
Aerobatic stunt
OAK 3 letters
Broad-leaved tree
POWDER 6 letters
Crushed fine grains
HAVOC 5 letters
Confusion, mess
LESS 4 letters
Minus
OPENING 7 letters
Aperture
SKEW 4 letters
Distort
VESSEL 6 letters
Boat
BESEECH 7 letters
Earnestly plead
EXAMPLE 7 letters
Good role model
GNAWED 6 letters
Chewed at
CARNAGE 7 letters
Great destruction
AISLE 5 letters
Passageway
BIDE 4 letters
Wait for right time (arch)
OPTICS 6 letters
Science of light
WEDS 4 letters
Joins in marriage
DON 3 letters
Spanish nobleman's title
NEVERENDING 11 letters
Infinite
SYNTHESIS 9 letters
Combination of ideas
UPLIFTING 9 letters
Gladdening, cheering
ITINERARY 9 letters
Schedule, timetable
TAKEN 5 letters
Acquired, got
NEATEST 7 letters
Least cluttered
RUST 4 letters
Corrode
RICE 4 letters
Basmati, for example
YAPS 4 letters
Small dog sounds
KNAPSACK 8 letters
Hiker's bag
THIEVE 6 letters
Take illegally
DAREDEVIL 9 letters
Madcap, risk-taker
RESPONDED 9 letters
Gave an answer
ENTER 5 letters
Log (information)
AID 3 letters
Care, relief
PEGASUS 7 letters
Mythical winged horse
IGNITED 7 letters
Lit
WHELP 5 letters
New puppy
ASSET 5 letters
Useful thing or person
AXLE 4 letters
It keeps wheels turning
HERB 4 letters
Plant for medicinal use
SCREEN 6 letters
Where movie is displayed
EXCESSES 8 letters
Surpluses
DIME 4 letters
American coin
VERBOSITY 9 letters
Wordiness
RIBBON 6 letters
Tie gift with it
GHERKIN 7 letters
Green pickle
ALSO 4 letters
In like manner
KINDLE 6 letters
Stir up flames
INTRIGUE 8 letters
Conspiracy
DENIM 5 letters
Strong blue cloth
ENCODE 6 letters
Encrypt
BLESSED 7 letters
Blissful, content
DOFF 4 letters
Raise hat in greeting (arch)
TUNIC 5 letters
Uniform jacket
OAKS 4 letters
Large trees
AFFIRMED 8 letters
Stated positively
ADDITIVE 8 letters
Food preservative, for example
NUDE 4 letters
Artist's naked study
LURE 4 letters
Bait
ENLIVEN 7 letters
Make more exciting
RAISED 6 letters
Nurtured, bred
CHIC 4 letters
Fashionable
STANCE 6 letters
Body position
AIRTIGHT 8 letters
With no obvious loophole
RISER 5 letters
Upright part of step
GLUT 4 letters
Supply exceeding demand
GREW 4 letters
Got bigger
SUSHI 5 letters
Japanese food
CARAVAN 7 letters
Procession of vehicles
DARNED 6 letters
Sewed up hole
TWINGE 6 letters
Slight pang
FAME 4 letters
Celebrity, renown
BORNE 5 letters
Put up with, tolerated
SPEND 5 letters
Go shopping
WARP 4 letters
Buckle, distort
FELL 4 letters
Plummeted
ORAL 4 letters
Spoken examination
ERRED 5 letters
Made mistake
DIFFICULT 9 letters
Challenging, tough
RUNNY 5 letters
Flowing quickly
EMITS 5 letters
Radiates
INHIBIT 7 letters
Restrain, hold back
YOURS 5 letters
Belonging to you
TENUOUS 7 letters
Flimsy (excuse, maybe)
ENVELOP 7 letters
Surround, enshroud
SPLIT 5 letters
Ice cream and banana
OWNER 5 letters
Proprietor
NOVEL 5 letters
Completely new
NICER 5 letters
More agreeable
OBLITERATED 11 letters
Left no trace
TROPICS 7 letters
Very hot regions
DISLIKE 7 letters
Loathe
SUPERFLUOUS 11 letters
Extra, not needed
ROBOT 5 letters
Non-human factory operator
LASSO 5 letters
Rope with loop
CRUMB 5 letters
Very small morsel
SCIFI 5 letters
Movie genre (abbr)
RISOTTO 7 letters
Italian rice dish
SUE 3 letters
Seek justice in court
POSTAL 6 letters
By mail
IRONED 6 letters
Removed creases
KITE 4 letters
Small hawk
OCCULT 6 letters
The mysterious arts?
TERN 4 letters
Smaller gull relation
ROLL 4 letters
Bagel
SPORTSCAR 9 letters
Fast automobile
NIL 3 letters
None at all
LODGE 5 letters
Occupy room temporarily
ETHICS 6 letters
Standards of conduct
TABOO 5 letters
Not to be spoken of
BYLINE 6 letters
Writer's name on article
OPENLY 6 letters
Overtly
GUSH 4 letters
Enthuse, rave over
LAVA 4 letters
Volcanic rock
CALF 4 letters
Baby elephant
ANIMATION 9 letters
Liveliness
HEALS 5 letters
Restores to health
FIERY 5 letters
Flaming, very red
RECEIPTS 8 letters
Acknowledgements of goods
ARGUED 6 letters
Contended, put case
STUB 4 letters
End of pencil
ASSEMBLY 8 letters
Regular meeting of student body
DRIVEL 6 letters
Gibberish, nonsense
ENDS 4 letters
Withdraws from
BEIRUT 6 letters
Port city in Lebanon
SHRINE 6 letters
Where to pay respects
EQUABLE 7 letters
Opposite of temperamental
VAST 4 letters
Hugely extensive
SPIDER 6 letters
Common arachnid
RELEGATE 8 letters
Move team to lower division
BELTED 6 letters
Fastened around waist
EVERYDAY 8 letters
Ordinary, commonplace
ASSAIL 6 letters
Confront
ASSENT 6 letters
Approval, permission
YONDER 6 letters
Farther off (arch)
NITWIT 6 letters
Foolish person
ILLS 4 letters
Misfortunes
LEAF 4 letters
It turns brown on tree
GHASTLY 7 letters
Dreadful, horrible
ALTO 4 letters
Voice higher than tenor
WALNUT 6 letters
Edible tree crop
TRIBAL 6 letters
Clannish
AIRLINE 7 letters
Business that flies freight
ADORING 7 letters
Worshipping
ACRID 5 letters
Irritating, burning (smoke)
BERMUDA 7 letters
British Atlantic island group
DROPS 5 letters
Globules of liquid
ADAPT 5 letters
Make more suitable
INDUCE 6 letters
Persuade into
VEERED 6 letters
Changed direction suddenly
AGGRAVATE 9 letters
Needle, anger
LURKING 7 letters
Hanging about, slinking
MOPUP 5 letters
Clear a spillage
NONE 4 letters
Not even a bit
PRUDE 5 letters
Puritan, goody two-shoes
CREEPER 7 letters
Plant that grows along
QUINTET 7 letters
Group of five players
HURTFUL 7 letters
Upsetting, causing damage
GROVE 5 letters
Small ornamental woodland
TUTU 4 letters
Worn by ballerina
AMPLE 5 letters
Abundant
DREAD 5 letters
Great fear
SPOUT 5 letters
Discharge of liquid
MARGE 5 letters
Homer Simpson's wife
TOPKNOT 7 letters
Crest on head
LEANED 6 letters
Inclined towards
BUREAU 6 letters
FBI, for example
STRIKEOUT 9 letters
Delete
MUTED 5 letters
Silenced
LARGE 5 letters
Big
OUTSKIRTS 9 letters
Fringes of town
DRONE 5 letters
Vibration, purr
STREETCAR 9 letters
Vehicle on rails (US)
SELLS 5 letters
Offers for sale
GLOWS 5 letters
Shines brightly
FALSEHOOD 9 letters
Untruth
SOCKS 5 letters
Clouts, hits (inf)
FAZE 4 letters
Disconcert
PHILOSOPHER 11 letters
Deep thinker
CRY 3 letters
Show sadness
UNEMOTIONAL 11 letters
Cool, calm and collected
RAPS 4 letters
Rebukes
FATHERINLAW 11 letters
Partner's dad
FOULS 5 letters
Contaminates
SMASH 5 letters
Break to pieces
HEFTY 5 letters
Large and well-built
ASSISTS 7 letters
Gives support
SLOPS 5 letters
Splashes liquid
LACE 4 letters
Tighten to secure (boots)
SORRY 5 letters
Feeling sympathy
RUES 4 letters
Feels remorse
MEG 3 letters
Ms Ryan, film actor
ACCELERATED 11 letters
Drove faster
ENERGY 6 letters
Zip, stamina
ZESTY 5 letters
Piquant, zingy
BLUES 5 letters
Low spirits (inf)
BLOGS 5 letters
Writes online regularly
HOWL 4 letters
Dog's mournful sound
UNWELL 6 letters
Ill
LOOK 4 letters
Glance
WRIT 4 letters
Powerful legal document
ENGULF 6 letters
Swamp
FRY 3 letters
Cook directly over heat
GUT 3 letters
Clean out, empty (building)
DRY 3 letters
Dehydrated
REPAIR 6 letters
Mend
TILED 5 letters
Laid floor covering, perhaps
MELTS 5 letters
Thaws
TWINE 5 letters
Strong thread
THRIVE 6 letters
Grow healthily
HOOD 4 letters
Robin, legendary British outlaw
WEPT 4 letters
Showed emotion or sorrow
LONE 4 letters
Single, sole
TENNIS 6 letters
Sport on court
RINSING 7 letters
Cleansing of detergent
PARTS 5 letters
Bits, elements
UNHARMED 8 letters
Not injured
ERODED 6 letters
Eaten away
BLOC 4 letters
Coalition of countries
INDUCED 7 letters
Persuaded
EERIE 5 letters
Frightening
NORTH 5 letters
Opposite to south
ONORDER 7 letters
Awaiting delivery
INSERTED 8 letters
Introduced, added
ACME 4 letters
Highest point
PURCHASE 8 letters
Buy
GULPED 6 letters
Drank quickly
LUMPSUM 7 letters
Money paid over once
PUNDIT 6 letters
Expert, critic
THERAPY 7 letters
Remedial treatment
PRYING 6 letters
Asking personal questions
DEFER 5 letters
Delegate to another
CRUCIBLE 8 letters
Melting pot
BLEAT 5 letters
Complain (inf)
ALLY 4 letters
Friend, associate
FUSILLI 7 letters
Spiral-shaped pasta
ARENA 5 letters
Large sports space
RUMMY 5 letters
Simple card game
GREATLY 7 letters
Considerably, hugely
FLOTSAM 7 letters
Floating debris
MEANT 5 letters
Signified
LITERATE 8 letters
Well-read, educated
SHORTS 6 letters
Knee-length trousers
FOES 4 letters
Not friends!
ILLWILL 7 letters
Animosity
SOPPY 5 letters
Slushy, mawkish
OPART 5 letters
Illusory painting
OVERLAP 7 letters
Partly coincide
SATURATE 8 letters
Drench, waterlog
TINY 4 letters
Minute, teeny
MUTINEER 8 letters
Rebellious sailor
MUTATE 6 letters
Biologically change
THUMPED 7 letters
Whacked
PULLUP 6 letters
Bring car to halt
PADDLED 7 letters
Dipped feet in water
CHUNKS 6 letters
Large parts
LAUGH 5 letters
Chuckle
THAILAND 8 letters
Bangkok its capital city
AZTEC 5 letters
Historic Mexican Empire
HERS 4 letters
Probably not his
UMPTEEN 7 letters
Lots (inf)
EXTOL 5 letters
Laud
HIDES 5 letters
Conceals
SPRUCED 7 letters
Made neat and tidy
ANOTHER 7 letters
A further one
BLADE 5 letters
Leaf of grass
YACHT 5 letters
Boat with sails
PRACTICAL 9 letters
Doable, not just in theory
ERECT 5 letters
Build
INCENTIVE 9 letters
Inducement
ROGUE 5 letters
Villain, rascal
POINT 5 letters
Nub of issue
ARGENTINA 9 letters
South American country
EVICT 5 letters
Eject from property
UNTRUE 6 letters
Wrong, inaccurate
GUSTY 5 letters
Blowing strongly (wind)
NECKERCHIEF 11 letters
Type of scarf
TRIAL 5 letters
Test of sporting fitness
TODO 4 letters
Bother, disturbance (inf)
ENSURE 6 letters
Make certain
RIO 3 letters
Spanish for river
ROT 3 letters
Nonsense (inf)
KLAXON 6 letters
Electrical horn
VET 3 letters
Check thoroughly
PRY 3 letters
Be too curious
REFORM 6 letters
Mend one's ways
SNIDE 5 letters
Mean and nasty
HOBBY 5 letters
Relaxing occupation
CLENCH 6 letters
Close fist tightly
LOFT 4 letters
Roof space
OAF 3 letters
Lout
FED 3 letters
Gave food to
EMBARK 6 letters
Take first step
TEDIUM 6 letters
Routine dullness
FROM 4 letters
Originating at
CLAMP 5 letters
Hold together firmly
EVOLVE 6 letters
Gradually change
SILO 4 letters
Storage chamber
NEURAL 6 letters
Relating to nerves
VEIN 4 letters
Blood vessel
FIRM 4 letters
Securely in place
MELLOW 6 letters
Mature and soften
MOWS 4 letters
Trims lawn
WEIGHT 6 letters
Something heavy
PERM 4 letters
A set hairstyle (abbr)
MINCER 6 letters
Food grinding device
CHEFS 5 letters
Restaurant cooks
IMPISH 6 letters
Playfully naughty
MEET 4 letters
Come together
VEIL 4 letters
Bridal headdress
MESH 4 letters
Interlock
FAILED 6 letters
Tried but lost
COFFEEPOT 9 letters
Essential cafe equipment
UNRUFFLED 9 letters
Having no ripples
IMPLOSION 9 letters
Buckling, caving-in
MUSHY 5 letters
Weepy, drippy (movie)
LEISURE 7 letters
Recreation time
SASH 4 letters
Wide band over shoulder
OURS 4 letters
Belongs to us
OWNS 4 letters
Possesses
SCISSORS 8 letters
Cloth-cutting tool
FOURTH 6 letters
After third
ECCENTRIC 9 letters
Opposite of conventional
GYMNASTIC 9 letters
Athletic and acrobatic
ELFIN 5 letters
Charmingly petite
COX 3 letters
Steerer of racing boat (abbr)
FACTION 7 letters
Sector of political party
OVERTAX 7 letters
Make excessive demand
CLEAN 5 letters
Disinfect
SQUAT 5 letters
Crouch
PILL 4 letters
Has to be swallowed!
MARE 4 letters
Mother horse
QUOTES 6 letters
Exactly reproduces words
TIRAMISU 8 letters
Italian coffee and marsala dessert
MINI 4 letters
Of short length (abbr)
ALTERNATE 9 letters
Every second one
SHORTAGE 8 letters
Dearth, paucity
KNOTTY 6 letters
Difficult, troublesome (inf)
IDOL 4 letters
Person greatly admired
SLEDDING 8 letters
Riding over snow
ISRAEL 6 letters
Home to Tel Aviv
PEAR 4 letters
Green-skinned tree fruit
WHINED 6 letters
Moaned about
LESSEE 6 letters
Tenant
RATTLED 7 letters
Clattered
AIRY 4 letters
Not at all stuffy
LAWYER 6 letters
Legal eagle
REBUFFED 8 letters
Snubbed
ISLAND 6 letters
Counter in middle of kitchen
NAUSEATE 8 letters
Disgust, repel
BEDAUB 6 letters
Smear with paint
AIRWAY 6 letters
Passage to lungs
GENIUS 6 letters
Person with great natural skill
NOZZLE 6 letters
Narrow opening of tube
YOUR 4 letters
Not belonging to me
OBOE 4 letters
Bright-sounding wind instrument
FRAZZLE 7 letters
Make weary and upset (inf)
AIDS 4 letters
Abets
FORAGE 6 letters
Hunt for wild food
DELETE 6 letters
Erase
FAWN 4 letters
Very young deer
BRASH 5 letters
Rude and impudent
STOOD 5 letters
Got up from chair
VIAL 4 letters
Container for liquid medicine
NOSH 4 letters
Munch (inf)
PUSH 4 letters
Opposite of pull
HOUND 5 letters
Hunting dog
DECEPTION 9 letters
A swindle
SCAN 4 letters
Skim text
NOOK 4 letters
Cubbyhole
TEST 4 letters
Yardstick, criterion
SLEEPMODE 9 letters
PC's stand-by state
TAIL 4 letters
Follow
BUGLE 5 letters
Military musical instrument
INITIAL 7 letters
First letter of name
DELVE 5 letters
Probe deeply
DIVER 5 letters
Underwater swimmer
JAW 3 letters
Lower part of face
WRONG 5 letters
Inappropriate
GRILL 5 letters
Toast food
VIDEO 5 letters
Record of images
EARRING 7 letters
One of two personal ornaments
IMMENSE 7 letters
Colossal
ANNOY 5 letters
Vex
GULPS 5 letters
Swallows hurriedly
SCRUB 5 letters
Cancel (inf)
CREPT 5 letters
Walked quietly
NAVAL 5 letters
Seagoing, nautical
RANGE 5 letters
Wide assortment to choose from
YES 3 letters
Aye!
SUBJECT 7 letters
Topic
TABLEAU 7 letters
Silent grouping
OMITTED 7 letters
Left out
VIRGO 5 letters
Sixth zodiac sign
GORGE 5 letters
Canyon
BRIAR 5 letters
Rose stem
RUDDY 5 letters
Reddish
EXTROVERTED 11 letters
Excessively gregarious
TETANUS 7 letters
Serious infection from wound
DORMANT 7 letters
Asleep, inert
UNDERWRITER 11 letters
Guarantor, sponsor
RILED 5 letters
Annoyed
RACED 5 letters
Sprinted at top speed
GROWL 5 letters
Bear's snarl
CONGA 5 letters
Social winding dance
AMENDED 7 letters
Improved something
SIT 3 letters
Take a seat
PATRICIAN 9 letters
Aristocratic, noble
FLIPFLOPS 9 letters
Loose rubber shoes
AGITATION 9 letters
Distress, feverishness
GOODS 5 letters
Merchandise
TWINJET 7 letters
Two-engined plane
TUNE 4 letters
Song, air
OWED 4 letters
Was obligated to
ABLE 4 letters
Having proven capability
ORIENTED 8 letters
Lined up, aimed at
REPAID 6 letters
Gave back, refunded
SARCASTIC 9 letters
Sneering in attitude, caustic
HEADLINER 9 letters
Crowd puller, main act
CELLS 5 letters
Small compartments
TOT 3 letters
Very young person
CLEARER 7 letters
Less confused
ASPHALT 7 letters
Petroleum distillation residue
FACED 5 letters
Confronted
ABOUT 5 letters
Approximately
ACNE 4 letters
Skin condition
INKY 4 letters
Very dark
BONSAI 6 letters
Art of growing dwarf trees
SCENARIO 8 letters
Plot of play
CITE 4 letters
Allude to
REHYDRATE 9 letters
Add water to dried substance
BARGE 5 letters
Push in, intrude
ASSENTS 7 letters
Agrees to
GLUM 4 letters
Bleak, cheerless
SCANTY 6 letters
Flimsy, sparse
CHARCOAL 8 letters
Carbon drawing stick
NAIVE 5 letters
Without worldly wisdom
YANKED 6 letters
Hauled abruptly
TRULY 5 letters
Genuinely
RESCUE 6 letters
Set free
MALIGN 6 letters
Tell bad things about
CORONET 7 letters
Small crown
LENT 4 letters
Allowed temporary use
CONCRETE 8 letters
Building fabric
AFFINITY 8 letters
Attraction
SUFFOCATE 9 letters
Stifle
EXCUSED 7 letters
Exonerated
CORONA 6 letters
Sun or moon 'halo'
AMBER 5 letters
Yellow resin
OUTLIVED 8 letters
Survived others
TRIPE 5 letters
Something worthless (inf)
SCUM 4 letters
Dirty foam
SITE 4 letters
Venue
ORIGIN 6 letters
Derivation
TISSUE 6 letters
Plant or animal material
AYEAYE 6 letters
Small forest-living primate
BEADY 5 letters
Eyes shiny with interest?
DECEPTIVE 9 letters
Misleading
DARNS 5 letters
Mends hole
RAZOR 5 letters
Used for close shave
TRAPEZE 7 letters
Acrobats' swing
SKIER 5 letters
Mountain racer on snow
FORFEIT 7 letters
Pay a fine, maybe
RUMBA 5 letters
Cuban dance
SAUCE 5 letters
Gravy
DUMBFOUND 9 letters
Astonish, amaze
ALICE 5 letters
Girl at Mad Hatter's tea party
BICKER 6 letters
Squabble
PLUM 4 letters
Damson
SWEAR 5 letters
Take oath
FLORAL 6 letters
Flower-patterned
COMA 4 letters
Unconscious state
PILLOW 6 letters
Found on bed
LOOT 4 letters
Raid, pillage
SKIM 4 letters
Take off cream
AIRBAG 6 letters
Vehicle's safety cushion
TRADE 5 letters
Exchange, barter
DIVINE 6 letters
Perfectly lovely!
PLAIT 5 letters
Braid hair
INSULT 6 letters
Personal attack
CLASS 5 letters
Social division or level
TRAVEL 6 letters
Move between places
RIOT 4 letters
Public violence
GILT 4 letters
Gold leaf
GOWN 4 letters
Official robe
SOLELY 6 letters
Only, uniquely
SAINT 5 letters
Angelic person
APIARY 6 letters
Where bees are kept
NAGS 4 letters
Keeps complaining
BARKS 5 letters
Woofs
ADVERB 6 letters
Word often ending 'ly'
KILT 4 letters
Scotsman's garment
FERTILITY 9 letters
Ability to produce young
JIGGLE 6 letters
Shake, quiver
VOLE 4 letters
Riverbank rodent
TRY 3 letters
Go all out
START 5 letters
Get cracking!
COFFER 6 letters
Large strong box
SAUCER 6 letters
Small shallow dish
TOOLS 5 letters
Hammers, wrenches etc
FAR 3 letters
A great distance
TUBE 4 letters
Pipe
PROW 4 letters
Bow of ship
PUFF 4 letters
Swell up
THRICE 6 letters
More than twice (arch)
HEIRS 5 letters
Legatees
SWARM 5 letters
Crowd, teem
PLAINLY 7 letters
Evidently
STELLAR 7 letters
Outstanding (performance)
FUGGY 5 letters
Stifling, oppressively airless
LIONESS 7 letters
Female big cat
TUTOR 5 letters
Give individual coaching
MELEE 5 letters
Ruckus
LITMUS 6 letters
An acid test!
MISUSE 6 letters
Apply wrongly
ILLOGICAL 9 letters
Senseless
ILLEGAL 7 letters
Lawbreaking, actionable
NOOSE 5 letters
Rope for catching animals
LEAK 4 letters
Secretly offer information
TOAST 5 letters
Drink to, salute
RECOVER 7 letters
Repossess, take back
PENNAME 7 letters
Pseudonym
EYESORE 7 letters
Blot on landscape
MEDIA 5 letters
Social channels
VERY 4 letters
To a high degree
APTLY 5 letters
Relevantly
MUZZY 5 letters
Hazy, not clear
FORAY 5 letters
Sortie
PLUTO 5 letters
Mickey Mouse's dog
AMOUNTS 7 letters
Adds up (to)
LAZIER 6 letters
Less hard-working
PALMER 6 letters
Arnold, US professional golfer
UTOPIAN 7 letters
Of an ideal existence
INFLAME 7 letters
Arouse strong emotions
BEAMS 5 letters
Long pieces of timber
GAZETTE 7 letters
Common name for newspaper
SAMBA 5 letters
Music from Brazil
FAIRY 5 letters
Mythical graceful creature
TINDER 6 letters
Kindling
PAPAYA 6 letters
Pawpaw
UNABASHED 9 letters
Brazen, unapologetic
PULLMAN 7 letters
Luxurious rail car
EMBER 5 letters
Found in fire-grate
ALMS 4 letters
Donation to needy (arch)
ABATE 5 letters
Decline, slacken off
SIGMUND 7 letters
Herr Freud, psychoanalyst
SKIDROW 7 letters
Undesirable district (inf)
ADDRESS 7 letters
Talk to specifically
RINSE 5 letters
Sluice
SKID 4 letters
Brake and veer
STRUM 5 letters
Play guitar
STOKE 5 letters
Tend, poke fire
QUEEN 5 letters
Important chess piece
TOTEM 5 letters
Revered object
ECUADOR 7 letters
Country on the Equator
UNKIND 6 letters
Heartless
HEROES 6 letters
Idols, icons
TRADESMAN 9 letters
Shopkeeper, stall holder
QUIT 4 letters
Leave (computer program)
DUNG 4 letters
Farm animal waste
SLIDERULE 9 letters
Old mathematical aid
SMOG 4 letters
Dark fog
CLIENTS 7 letters
Patrons
BELLS 5 letters
They're chimed
AHEAD 5 letters
In the lead
VALUELESS 9 letters
Of no importance
SATED 5 letters
Fully satisfied
RAVE 4 letters
Talk incoherently
BLACKCOMEDY 11 letters
Tragically funny play
CAW 3 letters
Crow's cry
GESTICULATE 11 letters
Indicate with hands
PLEA 4 letters
Supplication
TAGLIATELLE 11 letters
Ribbon pasta
BONDS 5 letters
Adheres firmly
STRAW 5 letters
Dried corn stalks
WHINE 5 letters
High-pitched noise
SCIENCE 7 letters
Biology, for example
SLUMP 5 letters
Slouch
LINK 4 letters
Connect
PLUME 5 letters
Large showy feather
MANY 4 letters
Loads of
BEN 3 letters
Mr Affleck, Hollywood star
INADVERTENT 11 letters
Not intended
PHRASE 6 letters
Verbal expression
FAULT 5 letters
Imperfection
SKULDUGGERY 11 letters
Dirty trickery
MAYOR 5 letters
City's chief citizen
HERE 4 letters
On this spot
THWACK 6 letters
Heavy striking sound
ALE 3 letters
Bitter brew
ALL 3 letters
Completely
LOOKED 6 letters
Appeared, seemed to be
SEW 3 letters
Darn
FLY 3 letters
Travel by plane
LEGEND 6 letters
Myth, tale
LIBEL 5 letters
Written defamation
CRIME 5 letters
Illegal action
SKIING 6 letters
Gliding down slopes
KEPT 4 letters
Held on to
RAG 3 letters
Newspaper (inf)
PIE 3 letters
Covered fruit tart
REMAND 6 letters
Return to custody
PHONICS 7 letters
Science of sound
STAGGER 7 letters
Walk unsteadily
FLAIR 5 letters
Aptitude
ICEBERG 7 letters
Arctic sea-hazard
BUYUP 5 letters
Purchase all available
STEER 5 letters
Be in driving seat
HOTELS 6 letters
Inns
ACQUIT 6 letters
Exonerate
AGONIZING 9 letters
Fretting over painfully
NAGGING 7 letters
Fault-finding
BRUCE 5 letters
Mr Lee, martial arts icon
CREW 4 letters
Group assigned to job
SNARL 5 letters
Show teeth, snap
TEMPEST 7 letters
Shakespeare fantasy play
REJOICE 7 letters
Celebrate, exult
DECKING 7 letters
External platform used for entertaining
SEIZE 5 letters
Confiscate
GENE 4 letters
Unit of inheritance
ADEPT 5 letters
Dexterous, deft
BOXER 5 letters
Pugnacious dog?
SWEET 5 letters
Containing glucose
DROOP 5 letters
Slump
NEWYORK 7 letters
Large American city
PLEASE 6 letters
Delight someone
BEACON 6 letters
Light used as signal
CIVIL 5 letters
Obliging, kind
IMPRESS 7 letters
Have deep effect on
INTO 4 letters
Indicative of entry
MAILED 6 letters
Sent by post
ATLANTIS 8 letters
Mythical lost continent
LABEL 5 letters
Tab
DILATE 6 letters
Enlarge
FREAK 5 letters
Unusual occurrence, fluke
REPUTE 6 letters
Fame, renown
GLOBAL 6 letters
Around the world
CANASTA 7 letters
Card game using two decks
APEX 4 letters
Top, crest
GAUNTLET 8 letters
Glove extending beyond wrist
FRACTION 8 letters
Small part of
STREAMING 9 letters
Flowing, gushing
GABBLED 7 letters
Jabbered
DANCER 6 letters
One who boogies
DYING 5 letters
Fading away
ADVOCATE 8 letters
One who pleads for another
VITAL 5 letters
Energetic, dynamic
ABLY 4 letters
With expertise
GALE 4 letters
Almost a hurricane
CATKIN 6 letters
Willow 'flower'
MARLON 6 letters
Starred in The Godfather
RULING 6 letters
Act of an authority
LEADS 5 letters
Is in front
DEVASTATE 9 letters
Lay waste, ruin
SHRUB 5 letters
Large woody plant
YARNS 5 letters
Tall stories
CORKSCREW 9 letters
Tight spiral
BEANS 5 letters
Edible seeds
TANK 4 letters
Gas container
HIKER 5 letters
Leisure walker
YOKED 5 letters
Joined (like oxen)
POKE 4 letters
Nudge
SKIN 4 letters
Peel, rind
OPEN 4 letters
Unlatch
RAPID 5 letters
Swift
SAVER 5 letters
Not a spendthrift
OARSMEN 7 letters
Racing boat's male crew
PLEAT 5 letters
Fabric fold
DROVE 5 letters
Forced, impelled
WOK 3 letters
Deep round-bottomed cooking utensil
KUDOS 5 letters
Prestige (inf)
VERSE 5 letters
Poetic wording
OOZED 5 letters
Leaked sticky stuff
THEARTS 7 letters
Cultural pursuits generally
RETURNS 7 letters
Comes back
DUMPY 5 letters
Short and stocky
TACIT 5 letters
Understood without speech
SHADE 5 letters
Protect from sun
ROWAN 5 letters
Tree with orange-red berries
MUSIC 5 letters
Jazz or hip-hop, maybe
ARROW 5 letters
Indicator of direction
YEP 3 letters
Affirmative! (inf)
TREASON 7 letters
Treachery
TEE 3 letters
T-shirt (Inf)
ANOINT 6 letters
Apply oil
FOYER 5 letters
Public entrance hall
COLT 4 letters
Young horse
ALLEGED 7 letters
Accused, claimed
FELONY 6 letters
Serious crime
LILT 4 letters
Musical voice quality
ENSNARE 7 letters
Trap, enmesh
NOWHERE 7 letters
You could be in the middle of this, perhaps?
DILUTE 6 letters
Make liquid weaker
MATILDA 7 letters
Roald Dahl heroine
ANNIE 5 letters
Broadway musical orphan
FLIT 4 letters
Move about quickly
VEAL 4 letters
Flesh of young calf
NEURON 6 letters
Nerve cell
OUT 3 letters
In flower
SETTLEMENT 10 letters
Small village
LOYAL 5 letters
Showing fidelity
OVERAWE 7 letters
Subdue into silence, maybe
AXES 4 letters
Chopping tools
HANKER 6 letters
Have a longing
ATHLETIC 8 letters
Active, sporty
KNIFE 5 letters
Small tool with blade
RAKISH 6 letters
Jaunty
SPACE 5 letters
Empty slot
PEEVED 6 letters
Miffed, ruffled (inf)
SHRIEK 6 letters
High-pitched scream
PUTUPON 7 letters
Unfairly burdened
COAT 4 letters
Covering of paint
TUNELESS 8 letters
Without melody
SCORNFUL 8 letters
Showing insolence
EXCLUSION 9 letters
Ban, embargo
NEARING 7 letters
Approaching
LESSEN 6 letters
Diminish
HERDS 5 letters
Gathers sheep
EXTERIOR 8 letters
Outer layer
THUMB 5 letters
Digit on hand
RAGE 4 letters
Fashion, fad (inf)
TOOL 4 letters
Screwdriver, for example
STUFFY 6 letters
Airless, close
COPIED 6 letters
Aped
NIBBLE 6 letters
Bite gently
FLAGS 5 letters
Droops
FOOTSTOOL 9 letters
Rest for weary legs
SCOUNDREL 9 letters
Rogue
FRENCHMAN 9 letters
Male resident of France
ROWER 5 letters
Paddler of boat
NERVOUS 7 letters
Shy, anxious
HARD 4 letters
Opposite of easy
AHOY 4 letters
Sailor's hail
OUCH 4 letters
Cry of pain
WARDROOM 8 letters
Ship officers' mess
TOUPEE 6 letters
Gent's small wig
FLOWERPOT 9 letters
Plant holder
GREYHOUND 9 letters
Racing dog
TODDY 5 letters
Hot drink containing liquor
BIN 3 letters
Chest, case
SATIATE 7 letters
Provide a surfeit
OVERRAN 7 letters
Exceeded time
TAWNY 5 letters
Common owl
FEIGN 5 letters
Give false impression of
NAME 4 letters
Personal label
WAIL 4 letters
Express mourning plaintively
EMBRYO 6 letters
Pre-birth stage
CALAMARI 8 letters
Battered seafood rings
MOAN 4 letters
Sound of distress
WELLBEING 9 letters
Health and happiness
FORTUNATE 9 letters
Enjoying success
BRAD 4 letters
Moneyball actor, Mr Pitt
DUNE 4 letters
Ridge of drifted sand
ACID 4 letters
Giving sour taste
NOCTURNAL 9 letters
Active at night
DIAL 4 letters
Knob to turn
ACCESSORY 9 letters
Hat, scarf etc
CHIME 5 letters
Sound of clock striking
EARLY 5 letters
More than punctual!
FISSURE 7 letters
Crevasse, fracture in rock
EBONY 5 letters
Heavy dark wood
ANGRY 5 letters
In bad temper
NAPKIN 6 letters
Small cloth for diner
RANG 4 letters
Called on phone
BRAWN 5 letters
Muscularity
RELENT 6 letters
Agree after persuasion
WEST 4 letters
Direction of sunset
GRATITUDE 9 letters
Appreciation
OPENER 6 letters
Tool used on cans
LASH 4 letters
Secure with rope
LIT 3 letters
Illuminated
STONY 5 letters
Covered with pebbles
PIGLET 6 letters
Winnie-the-Pooh's friend
WARMER 6 letters
Having more heat
GIRTH 5 letters
Circumference
BAG 3 letters
Shopping carrier
LOCK 4 letters
Door fastening
MEMO 4 letters
Short office note
SOUL 4 letters
Spiritual core
DREAMY 6 letters
Otherworldly
SKATE 5 letters
Move on ice rink
BOARD 5 letters
Get on plane
DUMP 4 letters
Pile of trash
SCROLL 6 letters
Navigate computer screen
MUG 3 letters
Face (inf)
SHOWERY 7 letters
Rainy on and off
SOCK 4 letters
Hit, punch (inf)
BLINDS 6 letters
Window shutters
UNCOUTH 7 letters
Rough, ill-bred
OIL 3 letters
Crude fuel?
POOR 4 letters
Penniless
AWAKEN 6 letters
Stir from sleep
ASCETIC 7 letters
Monkish
INSECT 6 letters
Creepy-crawly
OBOIST 6 letters
Orchestral wind player
SENDER 6 letters
Dispatcher
NAPS 4 letters
Snoozes
FOOL 4 letters
Buffoon
LURK 4 letters
Lie in wait
ACE 3 letters
Hotshot
CAP 3 letters
Baseball hat
INCISOR 7 letters
Cutting tooth
WALKWAY 7 letters
Pedestrian path
ITALY 5 letters
Home of pasta
TEENAGER 8 letters
Someone aged between 13 and 19
EAGLES 6 letters
Birds with hooked beaks and talons
PATH 4 letters
Route
LAWLESS 7 letters
Unruly, anarchic
ROYAL 5 letters
Imperial
LEAVE 5 letters
Extended approved absence
GETAWAY 7 letters
Brief vacation
WAYFARER 8 letters
Rover, rambler
REAL 4 letters
Actual
PEACEFUL 8 letters
Quiet, tranquil
YANKEE 6 letters
Codeword for letter Y
NESTLED 7 letters
Settled snugly
TEASED 6 letters
Made fun of
DESSERT 7 letters
Sweet course
THAMES 6 letters
London's river
FAWNS 5 letters
Sucks up to
SHACKLES 8 letters
Handcuffs, manacles
LANCE 5 letters
Spear carried by knight
HIND 4 letters
Back of animal
WILLIAM 7 letters
Shakespeare's first name
FENCE 5 letters
Engage in swordplay
SIDED 5 letters
Agreed with
SALIENT 7 letters
Meriting attention, pertinent
KESTREL 7 letters
Small falcon
NAVEL 5 letters
Umbilical cord vestige
PANICKED 8 letters
Felt scared
NUZZLE 6 letters
Prod with nose
HEAR 4 letters
Take in sound
LOOKOUT 7 letters
Person on duty to keep watch
OASIS 5 letters
Refuge, retreat
SEVEN 5 letters
Number of hills on which Rome was built
ZEALOUS 7 letters
Devoted to, enthusiastic
ROLLCALL 8 letters
Attendance check
TONS 4 letters
Loads, lots (inf)
MONOGRAM 8 letters
Interwoven initial letters
LATTER 6 letters
Second of two
TEXTURE 7 letters
Make-up of structure
VORTEX 6 letters
Whirlpool
XEROXED 7 letters
Made printed copy
NEBULA 6 letters
Dust cloud in space
BATIK 5 letters
Method of patterning fabric by waxing
SEAOTTER 8 letters
Marine mammal with webbed feet
TIMER 5 letters
Device to measure minutes
LEND 4 letters
Provide money for interest
TRUDEAU 7 letters
Canadian Prime Minister from 2015
REMIX 5 letters
Rearrangement of music
KNEAD 5 letters
Manipulate clay
ADMIRED 7 letters
Regarded with great approval
CENTRAL 7 letters
Midway
STAVE 5 letters
Ward off
KNELL 5 letters
Bell warning sound
APARTMENT 9 letters
Condo, residence
EMAIL 5 letters
Inbox message
MAMA 4 letters
Mom, Mum
BLESS 5 letters
Sanction, endorse
YANKS 5 letters
Jerks, snatches at
HUES 4 letters
Shades
KNOW 4 letters
Have understanding of
INCH 4 letters
Creep forward
SINKS 5 letters
Goes to the bottom
ELIMINATION 11 letters
Deletion
LOW 3 letters
Opposite of high
MIMING 6 letters
Acting without speech
NEVER 5 letters
Not in any way
TILT 4 letters
Incline, pitch
ONENESS 7 letters
Harmony, unison
SWIM 4 letters
What ducks do
VOLLEY 6 letters
Tennis stroke
JOINERY 7 letters
Part of carpenter's work
ONTARIO 7 letters
Smallest Great Lake
RANTED 6 letters
Delivered a tirade
IMPASSE 7 letters
Stalemate
METAL 5 letters
Silver, for example
BOOS 4 letters
Shouts of disapproval
CRYOUT 6 letters
Appeal loudly
TANS 4 letters
Darkens in sun
NOT 3 letters
Negative word
CONSOLIDATE 11 letters
Merge and strengthen
HOGS 4 letters
Takes more than share
IMMERSE 7 letters
Dunk
CRUEL 5 letters
Harsh
DIE 3 letters
Cease
REFUSE 6 letters
Say 'no' to
FOAM 4 letters
Creamy froth
RUINED 6 letters
Completely spoilt
USHERED 7 letters
Shown in
NUB 3 letters
Nitty-gritty
ARCHERY 7 letters
Bow and arrow sport
WHIST 5 letters
Card game for four
HEIGHT 6 letters
Head to toe
CREED 5 letters
Doctrine
LACKS 5 letters
Is in need of
HIM 3 letters
Not her
LASHING 7 letters
Whipping, flailing (like a cat's tail)
NIPS 4 letters
Squeezes painfully
GAS 3 letters
Car fuel (inf)
SHRANK 6 letters
Drew back, recoiled
ROPY 4 letters
Poor, inferior (inf)
CLARIFIED 9 letters
Made clear
LODGING 7 letters
Accommodation for rent
FLEA 4 letters
Small jumping insect
REMIT 5 letters
Transmit money
DARKENED 8 letters
Got gloomy
UNCLE 5 letters
Aunt's husband
LOOKLIKE 8 letters
Resemble
ROCK 4 letters
Boulder
RAGBAG 6 letters
Sack of scraps
GIFT 4 letters
Something given
INTHERED 8 letters
Overdrawn at bank
DEFENDANT 9 letters
The accused
FUNK 4 letters
Nervous state (inf)
KEDGEREE 8 letters
Rice and smoked fish combo
GENT 4 letters
Chivalrous man (abbr)
PERT 4 letters
Jaunty, cheeky
PUMPKIN 7 letters
Halloween gourd
DUPE 4 letters
Deceive
DAUGHTER 8 letters
Female child
ATOMS 5 letters
They form a molecule
TRAIT 5 letters
Quirk of character
TRIPOD 6 letters
Camera stand
RUIN 4 letters
Bankrupt someone
ROAR 4 letters
Imitate lion
IGNITION 8 letters
Generation of a spark
ASCENT 6 letters
A climb
INHALE 6 letters
Sniff, suck in
VIBRANT 7 letters
Alive and thrilling
NILE 4 letters
It flows past Cairo
OPENED 6 letters
Opposite of closed
PRATTLER 8 letters
Idle babbler
NOTCH 5 letters
Mark in wood
DERIDE 6 letters
Ridicule
HOBBLED 7 letters
Walked unsteadily
DAWN 4 letters
First light
ACTOR 5 letters
Thespian
LOAM 4 letters
Good soil for growing
SWITCHED 8 letters
Swapped for another
AGITATES 8 letters
Stirs up
TUGS 4 letters
Yanks
SEAL 4 letters
Marine mammal
LAUGHED 7 letters
Chortled
SCORER 6 letters
Recorder of points won
RUGS 4 letters
Large mats
ALARMS 6 letters
Warning signals
COVETOUS 8 letters
Grasping, greedy
VIVID 5 letters
Certainly not dull
PURL 4 letters
One of the basic knitting stitches
TOLL 4 letters
Road charge
RIVET 5 letters
Secure fastening
SMOTHER 7 letters
Stifle, blanket
RADISH 6 letters
Red root eaten raw
BLADES 6 letters
Sharp parts of scissors

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