Table Of ContentQuick crossword no 14,556
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1 Mammoth (4)
3 Female gametes — ova
(3,5)
8 9
8 See 18
9 Brief literary
10
description (8)
11 Good online behaviour 11
(10)
14 Ice cream served with a 12 13
topping (6)
15,17 1929 international 14 15
agreement regulating
commercial air 16
transport (6,10)
20 Texas panhandle city (8) 17
21,19 Squash, say (4,4)
22 More pongy (8) 18 19
23 Carry — tolerate (4)
20 21
Down
1 Lifestyle devoted to
pleasure (8) 22 23
2 Pig-like noises (8)
4 See 10
5 Limit — restriction (10) 16 Slim (6)
6 Skating jump with turns 18,8 Large percussion
(4) instrument (4,4)
7 Cook by simmering 19 See 21
slowly (4)
10,4 West Central African
country, capital Malabo
(10,6)
12 Approximate
calculation (8)
13 Con artist (8)
Quick crossword no 14,557
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1 Like a platypus? (4-6)
7,8 Invisible threads? (8,4) 6
9,20 Bushy-tailed North
7 8
America rodent, now a
UK pest (4,8)
10 Lacking in lust (7)
12 Ireland (7,4)
9 10
14 Important person (7)
16 See 18 11
19 See 5
20 See 9 12 13
21 Decorated with heraldic
arms (10)
Down 14 15 16 17
1 Starting to stop! (5)
18
2 Middle-of-the-road
reflector (4,3)
19 20
3 Group of persons
thought of as an entity
(4)
4 Abandon — save for later 21
(3,5)
5,19 Stereotypical
promiscuous and 18,16 WWII V-1 pilotless Solution no 14,556
materialistic young aircraft (informal) (4,4) HUGE EGGCE L L S
woman (from E R U O U T
Colchester?) (5,4) DRUM V I GNETTE
6 Harangue (6) O N E N S Z W
NET I QUETTE
11 Drunken party (8) I I U A R E S
12 Strikingly unusual (6) SUNDAE WARSAW
13 Pouch worn with a kilt M G T S I T I
CONVENT I ON
(7) B G R E T M D
15 New England city, site of AMAR I L LO BAL L
1692 witchcraft trials (5) S M A T T E
SME L L I ER BEAR
17 Loaves (5)
Quick crossword no 14,558
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1 American general and
president (10) 6
7 Spring back (7)
7 8 9
8 Goodbye, mon ami! (5)
10 Former German
monetary unit (4)
11 Someone or thing
10 11
unwanted and
unneeded (8)
12
13 Cancel officially (6)
15 Very luminous and very 13 14 15
distant astronomical
object (6) 16
17 Leading (as goods may
be transported?) (2,3,3) 17 18 19
18 See 23
21 Careless mistake (5) 20
22 Near the kidneys (7)
23,18 Strong emotion that’s 21 22
not reciprocated (10,4)
Down
23
1 Founder of the German
Romantic school of
opera, d. 1826 (5) 16 Where Kubla Khan built Solution no 14,557
2 Liquid food (4) his pleasure dome (6) DUCKB I L L ED
3 Surely (6) 19 Possessed (5) Y A O A S T
4 Magnificence (8) 20 Worry excessively (4) B I RTHDAY SU I T
N S Y A E R
5 Forbidding (7)
GREY ASEXUAL
6 Having existed from the Y C I D
very start — limp or arid EMERALD I S L E
(anag) (10) X R E P
HOTSHOT BOMB
9 Soft lower side (10) T A U B R R
12 Natural vision (5,3) G I RL SQU I RRE L
14 Taken advantage of C E A Z A A
EMBLAZONED
(3-4)
Quick crossword no 14,559
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1 Hard tropical wood used
in making furniture (8) 8
5 See 17
9 Very easy putt (5) 9 10
10 Soviet politician with a
cocktail, d. 1986 (7)
11 Mary Shelley’s mad Swiss
scientist (12) 11
13 In conclusion (6)
14 Place of worship (6) 12
17,5 Deliberate infringement
to prevent the other side 13 14 15
scoring (12,4)
20 City buried by Vesuvius 16
eruption (7)
21 Commonplace (5) 17 18
22 Major industrial region of
north-west Germany (4) 19
23 Clergyman (8)
20 21
Down
1 Bearers of gold,
frankincense and myrrh? 22 23
(4)
2 Upper arm bone (7)
3 Traditional Elizabethan 16 Have an ambition (6) Solution no 14,558
folk tune and ballad (12) 18 Dynamism (5) WASH I NGTON
4 Stripped of feeling (6) 19 Group of people behaving P E O N R M
6 Shocking — route (anag) like sheep? (4) REBOUND AD I EU
(5) I E P E N N N
7 In an affectionate way (8) MARK DEADWOOD
O N D E U E
8 Term for group loyalty of REPEAL QUASAR
those with posh private D U K X R B
eduction (3,6,3) I NTHEVAN LOVE
12 Insect trap (8) A U D N F W L
LAPSE ADRENAL
15 Substance made of nuts O Y D E E Y
boiled in sugar, used to UNREQU I TED
fill chocolates (7)
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9 10
11 12
13
14 15 16
17 18 19 20
21
22 23
24 25
Across 16 See 20
18 Arab republic, independent
1 Rectangular area
since 1946 (5)
surrounded by buildings (4)
20,16 On-hand children’s
3 Yellow and white container
entertainer? (5,6)
(8)
21 Grumble — muscle (4)
9 Ali, rise! (anag) — Middle
Easterner (7)
10 See 12
11 St Petersburg ballet
company, founded c. 1740
(5)
12,10 Pale treacle (6,5)
14 Powerful data processor (13)
17 Blood fluid (6)
19 One not accepting your god
(5)
22,8 Alert and active type? (5,6)
23 Oppressive (7) Solution no 14,559
24 Spanish courtship dance (8) M A H O G A N Y F O U L
25 Cathedral chapter head (4) A U R U O U O
G I MM E MO L O T O V
Down I E E B D R I
1 First to get there? (8) F R A N K E N S T E I N
2 Drier (5) F U S D C G
4 Cheap (5,3,1,4) L A S T L Y C H A P E L
Y E A O R Y
5 Rope-making fibre (5)
P R O F E S S I O N A L
6 (Over-)serious (7)
A O V P L L H
7 Long bounding stride (4)
P OM P E I I T R I T E
8 See 22
E P S R I N R
13 Younger male relative (8) R U H R R E V E R E N D
15 Many-sided plane figure (7)
Quick crossword no 14,561
1 2 3 4 5 Across 12 Designed to be easily
carried (8)
1,16 Rotating entrance (9,4)
6 7 8 North African capital (5) 15 Breakfast mixture of dry
cereals and fruits (6)
9 Italian rice dish (7)
8 9 18 Mexican currency unit (4)
10 Of the newborn (8)
11 See 21
13 Keen perception (6)
14 Cat with certain skills (6)
10 11
16 See 1
12 17 Make a huge effort (slang)
(4,1,3)
13 14 19 Eternal (7)
20 Head (slang) (5)
15 21,11 Cross-dressing
theatrical (9,4)
16 17
Down
Solution no 14,560
18 1 Said again (8)
Q U A D E G G S H E L L
2 Spoken (6)
19 20 3 Succulent — alcoholic (4) U I B O I A O
I S R A E L I S Y R U P
4 Impervious to persuasion C E A N A N E
or reason (12) K I R O V G O L D E N
5 Traveller the world over E E F S G
21
(12) S U P E R C OM P U T E R
6 Domestic light on a pole T O R U A
(8,4) P L A S M A P A G A N
7 Relating to a large B Y Y S P L D
language family — undo a E A G E R O N E R O U S
pioneer (anag) (4-8) E O I N T V O
F A N D A N G O D E A N
Quick crossword no 14,562
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1 End of a rugby game (2,4)
4 Capital of Croatia (6)
8 Offensive gesture (1-4)
9 Being from another 8 9
planet (7)
10 Player of syncopated
music (7)
11 Vision (5) 10 11
12,16 Eight times married
British-American actress,
d. 2011 (9,6)
17 Hindu social class (5) 12 13 14
19 ___ Jones, action hero
created by George Lucas 15 16
(7)
21 Plant with edible salad 17 18 19 20
leaves (7)
22 Wet pig feed (5)
23 Martial art, akin to judo
(6) 21 22
24 Puma (6)
Down
23 24
1 Native American — on
Java (anag) (6)
2,18 It’s used to take the fizz 16 See 12 Solution no 14,561
out of drinks (7,5)
18 See 2 REVOLV I NG
3 Coarse cotton fabric (5)
20 Music genre — dance S I E E U N L
5 Broadcasting period (7) venue (5) TUN I S R I SOTTO
6 Yogurt, chopped A D T B H R B
cucumber and spices (5) NEONATAL DAME
D E T L P N T
7,9 Belief that one is safe,
ACUMEN MOUSER
despite the evidence (6,9) R R D M R I O
13 Straight from the freezer DOOR BUSTAGUT
(3-4) L P P E A E T
14 Trial (7) AGE L ES S BONCE
M A S L L T R
15 Thorny flowering shrub PANTOMIME
(6)
Quick crossword no 14,563
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5 Large commercial
enterprises, 5 6
collectively (3,8)
7 Stupid person —
compact lump (4)
7 8
8 See 15
9 Fleet commander (7)
11 Tintin’s (white?) dog (5)
13,18 One employed to 9 10 11
incite others to commit
illegal acts (5,11) 12
14 Harmony (7)
13 14
16 Particle of protoplasm,
essential for blood
15
clotting — tell a pet
(anag) (8)
16 17
17 Spanish sparkling wine
(4)
18 See 13
18
Down
1 Archaic exclamation of
surprise (4)
2 Ray of natural light (7)
15,8 Male siblings — Solution no 14,562
3 Watergate president (5) sworn friends (5,8) NOS I DE ZAGREB
4 Grease monkey (8) 17 Professional cook (4) A W E I A U
5 Sprung clamp for VS I GN MART I AN
holding papers A Z I E T T K
J AZZMAN IMAGE
together (7,4) O L T M R
6 Hand tool — cocktail E L I ZABETH
(11) A C L E T
CASTE I ND I ANA
10 Act of setting A T C T I R Y
something on fire (8) CH I CORY SWI L L
I C L C N O
12 Liveried flunkey (7)
A I K I DO COUGAR
Quick crossword no 14,564
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5,12 Mathematical
expression containing 5
a variable raised to the
6 7
second power (9,8)
8 Smart (4)
8 9
9 Painting of the briny
(8)
10 Poetic name for old
England (6) 10 11 12
11 Go (6)
13 Of a particular people
(6)
15 Marinated (6) 13 14 15
16,3 Duke of
Marlborough’s pile
(8,6)
16 17 18
18 South African
archbishop, b. 1931 (4)
19 Amphibious reptile (9)
19
Down
1 See 7
2 More than likely (4-2)
3 See 16 Solution no 14,563
4 Flat plate (4)
E S N M
6 Stamp collecting (9) B I GBUS I NES S
7,1 Birmingham U A N X C C
CLOD BROTHERS
interchange (9,8)
L E N A E
12 See 5 ADMI RAL SNOWY
14 Priest (6) O G M F I D
AGENT CONCORD
15 Ape-like — in Siam C I B O I
(anag) (6) P LATE L ET CAVA
I I O M H E
17 River of eastern Africa
PROVOCATEUR
(4) N D N F
Quick crossword no 14,565
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1 Main sleeping chamber
(6,7)
8 Superior skill (7)
9,2 Springtime rain (5,7) 8 9
10 High-ranked player in a
knock-out tournament (4)
11 Sought advice from (6,2)
13 Australian marsupial (6) 10 11
14 Neutral area created to
reduce conflict (6) 12
17 Handgun able to fire
again without reloading 13 14 15
(8)
19 Adhesive (4) 16
21 Not true (5)
22 Crisis where a desperate 17 18 19
effort is the only
alternative to defeat? (7) 20
24 Conforming in every
respect (13) 21 22 23
Down
1 Plan (3)
24
2 See 9
3 Always (4)
4 Thick shellfish soup (6) 20 Having no known name Solution no 14,564
5 Protracted (5-3) (4) J O P D
6 Propelled like a rowing 23 Small barrel (3) QUADRAT I C
boat (5) P N D L S S
7 State capital of Victoria CH I C SEASCAPE
(9) I T O C A
ALB I ON ENERGY
10 Causing sleepiness (9)
A O Q H
12 From Khartoum? (8) ETHN I C SOUSED
15 Italian film-maker, d. 1993 E L I A T
(7) BL ENHE IM TUTU
16 Satirise (4,2) Y I R I I I
AL L I GATOR
18 Having opposite extremes E C N N
(5)
