Search Results for: eccentric

5-across – Overflowing with enthusiasm : EBULLIENT

8-across – Parched : ARID

9-across – Work of art intended to be understood symbolically : ALLEGORY

10-across – Recently : OFLATE

11-across – Assimilate : DIGEST

13-across – Snow vehicle : SLEIGH

15-across – One pursuing — type of watch : HUNTER

16-across – Branch of mathematics developed by Newton and Leibnitz : CALCULUS

18-across – Disorderly retreat : ROUT

19-across – Botanical garden of trees : ARBORETUM

1-down – One of the United Arab Emirates : ABUDHABI

2-down – Corruption in public life : SLEAZE

3-down – Smiled : MISLED

4-down – Hitch : SNAG

6-down – Nelson’s last battle : TRAFALGAR

7-down – Well turned out : DRESSEDUP

12-down – Munificent : GENEROUS

14-down – Wait a bit! : HOLDON

15-down – Be quick : HASTEN

17-down – Eccentric — stiff paper : CARD

1-across – Handsome Greek youth : ADONIS

4-across – Shock : APPAL

7-across – Putting areas : GREENS

8-across – University site : CAMPUS

9-across – German count : GRAF

10-across – Cosmetic : LIPSTICK

12-across – Disguise of Toad when escaping prison : WASHERWOMAN

17-across – Accelerator : THROTTLE

19-across – Dagger : DIRK

20-across – Italian town square : PIAZZA

21-across – Sign of the zodiac : PISCES

22-across – Eccentric : DOTTY

23-across – Lines of poetry forming a pattern : STANZA

1-down – Pilot and assistants : AIRCREW

2-down – Person sharing our views : ONEOFUS

3-down – Bankrupt : INSOLVENT

4-down – Collect : AMASS

5-down – Seasoning made from pepper : PAPRIKA

6-down – Central African capital : LUSAKA

11-down – Container made of a metal alloy : PEWTERPOT

13-down – On a level together : ABREAST

14-down – US president — New York square with gardens : MADISON

15-down – Panamanian general and president, convicted of drug trafficking in 1992 : NORIEGA

16-down – Dim : STUPID

18-down – State of emotional excitement : TIZZY

1-across – Group of disreputable people : ROGUESGALLERY

8-across – Forward — saucy : PERT

9-across – Old underwear : BLOOMERS

10-across – Suitability to the moment : TIMELINESS

12-across – Insubstantial : MEAGRE

14-across – Wrinkle, fold or crease : RUMPLE

15-across – Signs of the city? : NEONLIGHTS

19-across – Clever clogs : BRAINBOX

20-across – Amusingly eccentric : ZANY

21-across – Punctuation mark : INVERTEDCOMMA

2-down – Quick joke? : ONELINER

3-down – Loosen : UNTIE

4-down – Awe-inspiring — exalted : SUBLIME

5-down – Home : ABODE

6-down – Large payment of cash : LUMPSUM

7-down – Uncommon : RARE

11-down – Precious metal : PLATINUM

13-down – Shots : GUNFIRE

14-down – Laid back : RELAXED

16-down – Path of a satellite : ORBIT

17-down – Gadget : GIZMO

18-down – Cheesy smile? : GRIN

1-across – Sylvia’s French composer, 1836-91 : DELIBES

8-across – Self-propelled submarine weapon : TORPEDO

9-across – Hot pepper sauce : TABASCO

10-across – Sweetheart : DARLING

11-across – Fungus used in baking : YEAST

13-across – Something startling : EYEOPENER

15-across – Carthorse : ORCHESTRA

18-across – Precise : EXACT

21-across – Capital of Sicily : PALERMO

22-across – Mythical and heraldic beast : UNICORN

23-across – Intoxicating beverage looking like a soft drink : ALCOPOP

24-across – Dignified and graceful : ELEGANT

1-down – Simple song : DITTY

2-down – Sign of the zodiac : LIBRA

3-down – Means of spreading gossip : BUSHTELEGRAPH

4-down – Filling food : STODGE

5-down – Painter such as Millais : PRERAPHAELITE

6-down – Plot : DESIGN

7-down – Old and eccentric chap : CODGER

12-down – Continuously : EVER

14-down – Of heroic proportions : EPIC

15-down – Child such as Harry Potter or Jane Eyre : ORPHAN

16-down – White cotton fabric : CALICO

17-down – Company of theatrical performers : TROUPE

19-down – Scent : AROMA

20-down – Opinion held to be true : TENET

1-across – Agricultural implement : PLOUGH

4-across – Section of poem : CANTO

7-across – Joyful and unconcerned : BLITHE

8-across – Ghost : SPIRIT

9-across – Two people? : ITEM

10-across – Parasite in the gut : TAPEWORM

12-across – Means of recording sound : COMPACTDISC

17-across – Arrange — contrive : ENGINEER

19-across – Midday : NOON

20-across – Dimension : LENGTH

21-across – In prison? : INSIDE

22-across – Eccentric — erratic : WACKY

23-across – One pointed at as exemplar : BYWORD

1-down – Prudent : POLITIC

2-down – Best possible : OPTIMUM

3-down – Big dog : GREATDANE

4-down – Piece of managed woodland : COPSE

5-down – Gets less wide : NARROWS

6-down – Punctual : ONTIME

11-down – Fatherhood : PATERNITY

13-down – Produced by natural means : ORGANIC

14-down – O so nice : IONESCO

15-down – Butterfly : CLOUDED

16-down – See 15 : YELLOW

18-down – Smart : NATTY

1-across – Bovine charger? : BULL

3-across – Sword holder : SCABBARD

8-across – Mischievous — shrewd : ARCH

9-across – Underpants : KNICKERS

11-across – Pakistan/Afghanistan border route : KHYBERPASS

14-across – Regime : EMIGRE

15-across – Eccentric — bad-tempered : CRANKY

17-across – Illegal pocket weapon : FLICKKNIFE

20-across – Person behind bars : PRISONER

21-across – Openers — low-lying islands : KEYS

22-across – Shallow area in sea or river : SANDBANK

23-across – Most important point : CRUX

1-down – Strike-breaker : BLACKLEG

2-down – Game of chance at a fair : LUCKYDIP

4-down – Party nibble : CANAPE

5-down – Way to move through water looking upwards : BACKSTROKE

6-down – Skating jump : AXEL

7-down – Item of office : DESK

10-down – Crude incendiary device : PETROLBOMB

12-down – Designer of machinery : ENGINEER

13-down – Arousal via the computer network : CYBERSEX

16-down – Shield — broadcast : SCREEN

18-down – Major work : OPUS

19-down – Potter’s oven : KILN

1-across – Kitchen utensil : CHEESE

4-across – Throw out : EXPEL

7-across – Chinese karate : KUNGFU

8-across – Passage from the back of the mouth : THROAT

9-across – Swelling near the eye : STYE

10-across – Drinking tour : PUBCRAWL

12-across – Crammed : CHOCKABLOCK

17-across – Triangle/relating/altering/alerting : INTEGRAL

19-across – Unpleasantly damp : DANK

20-across – See 6 : PEOPLE

21-across – See 1 : GRATER

22-across – Offensive : NASTY

23-across – Lucky charm : AMULET

1-down – Burning — cutting : CAUSTIC

2-down – Spanish painter from Crete : ELGRECO

3-down – Card game : STUDPOKER

4-down – Moral rule : ETHIC

5-down – Unromantic : PROSAIC

6-down – Fairies and leprechauns? : LITTLE

11-down – Confection chewed and blown through the teeth : BUBBLEGUM

13-down – Cars modified for higher power and speed : HOTRODS

14-down – Eccentric : ODDBALL

15-down – Most considerate : KINDEST

16-down – Ornamental fastener : TIEPIN

18-down – Water-worn ravine — fielding position : GULLY

1-across – State of tension and hostility : COLDWAR

8-across – Payment to divorcee : ALIMONY

9-across – Fictional Royal Flying Corps hero : BIGGLES

10-across – Include – restrict : CONTAIN

11-across – Dance : TANGO

13-across – Information sheet put up in room : WALLCHART

15-across – Blair’s triple mantra : EDUCATION

18-across – Eccentric – starting handle : CRANK

21-across – After the proper time : BELATED

22-across – Extent of being heard : EARSHOT

23-across – Flavouring from crocus : SAFFRON

24-across – Revolutionary ousted by Stalin : TROTSKY

1-down – Ancient measure of length : CUBIT

2-down – Enter online program : LOGON

3-down – Chinese-style landscape design for china : WILLOWPATTERN

4-down – Scamp : RASCAL

5-down – The Emperor, for example : PIANOCONCERTO

6-down – Piece of music : SONATA

7-down – Young bird : CYGNET

12-down – Polluted precipitation : ACID

14-down – See 12 : RAIN

15-down – Carve etc so as to raise from surface : EMBOSS

16-down – Elevation : UPLIFT

17-down – Move in from margin : INDENT

19-down – Mount – musketeer : ATHOS

20-down – Pool : KITTY

1-across – Member of youth organisation engaging in aquatic activities : SEASCOUT

5-across – Swindle : SCAM

9-across – Series of links : CHAIN

10-across – Pupil : SCHOLAR

11-across – Lack of concern : INDIFFERENCE

13-across – Beginning : OUTSET

14-across – Fall awkwardly : TUMBLE

17-across – One-armed bandit : FRUITMACHINE

20-across – Eccentric : ODDBALL

21-across – Informed : AWARE

22-across – Acidic – sweet pastry : TART

23-across – Be responsive to one another : INTERACT

1-down – Hit hard – footwear : SOCK

2-down – Versus : AGAINST

3-down – Inflicted on a : CONFIDENTIAL

4-down – Dangerous : UNSAFE

6-down – Punctuation mark – intestine : COLON

7-down – Killer : MURDERER

8-down – Main road : THOROUGHFARE

12-down – Square up to : CONFRONT

15-down – Brightly coloured neckerchief : BANDANA

16-down – 8 pints : GALLON

18-down – Bovine mammary gland : UDDER

19-down – Achievement : FEAT

1-across – : SHRIMP

4-across – Flashlight : TORCH

7-across – Take over illegally : HIJACK

8-across – Marsupial : POSSUM

9-across – Border – advantage : EDGE

10-across – Having extreme and barely suppressed anger : SEETHING

12-across – Don’t dally! : GETONWITHIT

17-across – Crease-resistant fibre : TERYLENE

19-across – Mud – bog : MIRE

20-across – European country : GREECE

21-across – Steering device : TILLER

22-across – Mildly eccentric : DOTTY

23-across – Young swan : CYGNET

1-down – Noisy party : SHINDIG

2-down – Get near : REAGENT

3-down – Be intelligible : MAKESENSE

4-down – Fish : TROUT

5-down – Italian composer, 1792-1868 : ROSSINI

6-down – Acknowledgment of superiority : HOMAGE

11-down – As is obvious : EVIDENTLY

13-down – Serious : EARNEST

14-down – Town employing the Pied Piper : HAMELIN

15-down – Inflict pain on – pester : TORMENT

16-down – Put on a performance : STAGED

18-down – Fortunate : LUCKY