Search Results for: eccentric

1-across – Surly miser : CURMUDGEON

7-across – Give in : SUCCUMB

8-across – Narrow crest : RIDGE

10-across – Hazard for ships : REEF

11-across – Flood : INUNDATE

13-across – Serviette : NAPKIN

15-across – Channel worn by water : GULLEY

17-across – Basis of pavlova : MERINGUE

18-across – Open cut : GASH

21-across – Fabric – French pancake : CREPE

22-across – Portable container for hot coals : BRAZIER

23-across – Penniless : STONYBROKE

1-down – Recurring sequence : CYCLE

2-down – Overwhelming defeat : ROUT

3-down – Refined and civilised : URBANE

4-down – Popular pot plant : GERANIUM

5-down – Eccentric : ODDBALL

6-down – Enormously large : ASTRONOMIC

9-down – All over the place : EVERYWHERE

12-down – Irish political movement : SINNFEIN

14-down – Flawless : PERFECT

16-down – Confused sound of many voices : HUBBUB

19-down – Extant : ALIVE

20-down – Ring of light : HALO

1-across – Sagging : DROOPY

4-across – Functional : USABLE

9-across – Recipient of a bequest : LEGATEE

10-across – Blade : RAZOR

11-across – Heavy gas : XENON

12-across – Bed tied between trees?B : HAMMOCK

13-across – British composer of Enigma Variations : EDWARDELGAR

18-across – Eccentric : ODDBALL

20-across – Eccentric : WACKY

22-across – Mission : QUEST

23-across – Decorate with herbs : GARNISH

24-across – Harem guard : EUNUCH

25-across – Stockholm’s country : SWEDEN

1-down – Sumptuous : DELUXE

2-down – Instrument – heart? : ORGAN

3-down – Plant related to tobacco : PETUNIA

5-down – Idly play guitar : STRUM

6-down – Anti-tank weapon : BAZOOKA

7-down – I’ve found it! : EUREKA

8-down – System of rules : METHODOLOGY

14-down – : DUDGEON

15-down – Lacking intellectual tastes : LOWBROW

16-down – Muslim place of worship : MOSQUE

17-down – Stroke between syllables or words : HYPHEN

19-down – Caper : ANTIC

21-down – Kid : CHILD

5-across – Learner’s swimming stroke : DOGGYPADDLE

7-across – Leg joint : KNEE

8-across – Indication of approval : THUMBSUP

9-across – Out of control – in a frenzy : BERSERK

11-across – In a cunning manner : SLYLY

13-across – Allow : ADMIT

14-across – Related to Oxford and Cambridge University sports : VARSITY

16-across – Overexcited critical response : BROUHAHA

17-across – Spot – old German coin – apostle : MARK

18-across – Cheap accommodation, often for youngsters : YOUTHHOSTEL

1-down – Leer : OGLE

2-down – Something baffling : MYSTERY

3-down – Broken down irretrievably : KAPUT

4-down – Eccentrics : ODDBALLS

5-down – Race between competitors on asses : DONKEYDERBY

6-down – Having all sides of the same length : EQUILATERAL

10-down – Something provoking a response : STIMULUS

12-down – Absurd or self-contradictory statement : PARADOX

15-down – Sailing vessel : YACHT

17-down – Device for softening musical sound : MUTE

5-across – Tool for turning fastening device : SCREWDRIVER

7-across – Aromatic plant : HERB

8-across – Disposal of waste water : DRAINAGE

9-across – Eccentric : ODDBALL

11-across – Woo – where tennis is played : COURT

13-across – Perceive through the nose : SMELL

14-across – Place of confinement underground : DUNGEON

16-across – Become foul from inertia : STAGNATE

17-across – Large washtub – English city : BATH

18-across – Exuberant : RUMBUSTUOUS

1-down – Crustacean with pincers – grumble : CRAB

2-down – Wrap with bandages : SWADDLE

3-down – Top of the milk : CREAM

4-down – Vespers : EVENSONG

5-down – Device giving rate of movement : SPEEDOMETER

6-down – Stiffness that sets in after death : RIGORMORTIS

10-down – A sport such as soccer, rugby, cricket, hockey etc : BALLGAME

12-down – Beginning of adolescence : PUBERTY

15-down – Indistinct : VAGUE

17-down – Tome : BOOK

1-across – Preparation to bring you round : SMELLINGSALTS

8-across – Metallic element : ZINC

9-across – Sour tasting : VINEGARY

10-across – Crustacean – tribe march : HERMITCRAB

12-across – Defences in court : ALIBIS

14-across – Offshoot : BRANCH

15-across – Marking : INSCRIBING

19-across – Eccentric person : CRACKPOT

20-across – Performance without words : MIME

21-across – Tendency towards infidelity – scabies : SEVENYEARITCH

2-down – Befitting a young woman : MAIDENLY

3-down – Stand-in doctor : LOCUM

4-down – Asks : INVITES

5-down – One without hope : GONER

6-down – Maths with letters representing numbers : ALGEBRA

7-down – Lebanese port – wheel surround : TYRE

11-down – Sparing : ECONOMIC

13-down – Soft roll sometimes mixed with currants : BRIOCHE

14-down – Clerical headgear : BIRETTA

16-down – Lovey-dovey : SOPPY

17-down – Animated deer – a Tony Blair nickname : BAMBI

18-down – Gratis : FREE

1-across – Hot stuff : CHILLI

4-across – Black suit : SPADES

8-across – Detest : ABHOR

9-across – Low Countries : BENELUX

10-across – City in Pakistan : KARACHI

11-across – Flabbergast : AMAZE

12-across – Shade of blue : TURQUOISE

17-across – Ice cream’s biscuit : WAFER

19-across – Windpipe : TRACHEA

21-across – Cap used for protection when sewing : THIMBLE

22-across – Anathema : TABOO

23-across – Fourscore : EIGHTY

24-across – Author : WRITER

1-down – Eccentric – irritable : CRANKY

2-down – Gain by succession : INHERIT

3-down – Type of poem : LYRIC

5-down – From a state in Northwest India : PUNJABI

6-down – Fourth Greek letter? – area at river mouth : DELTA

7-down – Piece for six : SEXTET

9-down – Piece of fuel for a barbecue : BRIQUETTE

13-down – Cheese on toast dish : RAREBIT

14-down – Show : EXHIBIT

15-down – Bandage : SWATHE

16-down – Visible steam or clouds : VAPOUR

18-down – Throw – dance : FLING

20-down – Amend : ALTER

1-across – Portable two-way radio : WALKIE

4-across – See 1 : TALKIE

8-across – Decay – become disenchanted with : GOOFF

9-across – Generally liked : POPULAR

10-across – Famous Welsh politician : ANEURIN

11-across – Modify : ADAPT

12-across – Temporarily disallowed : SUSPENDED

17-across – Dying coal : EMBER

19-across – Eccentric : ODDBALL

21-across – Theatrical people : LUVVIES

22-across – Public meeting for discussion : FORUM

23-across – Need of food : HUNGER

24-across – Dirty and inferior : CRUMMY

1-down – Native American dwelling : WIGWAM

2-down – Queen of beasts? : LIONESS

3-down – Deduce : INFER

5-down – Show approbation for : APPLAUD

6-down – Saint : KILDA

7-down – Mistakes in book : ERRATA

9-down – Heavy-handed : PONDEROUS

13-down – See 15 : SERVICE

14-down – Illustration : DIAGRAM

15-down – 10 18’s great creation : HEALTH

16-down – Awkward and unskilful : CLUMSY

18-down – See 10 : BEVAN

20-down – Put off : DEFER

1-across – Part of tree : BRANCH

4-across – Burrowing rodent : MARMOT

9-across – Easily broken down : FRIABLE

10-across – Measuring device : METER

11-across – Cloth from flax : LINEN

12-across – End of the day? : SUNDOWN

13-across – Footwear : COTTONSOCKS

18-across – Word for word : LITERAL

20-across – Impressionist painter : DEGAS

22-across – Get hold of : GRASP

23-across – Nonsense : TWADDLE

24-across – Stinging plant : NETTLE

25-across – Skinned -severely beaten : FLAYED

1-down – Perplex : BAFFLE

2-down – Bring into correct relation : ALIGN

3-down – Senior ministers : CABINET

5-down – Jordanian city : AMMAN

6-down – Pickaxe with one flattened end : MATTOCK

7-down – Seat of monarch : THRONE

8-down – Individual disposition : PERSONALITY

14-down – Pariah : OUTCAST

15-down – Eccentric : ODDBALL

16-down – Large bottle : FLAGON

17-down – Climb : ASCEND

19-down – Drive away : REPEL

21-down – Suffering from vertigo : GIDDY

1-across – Haitian witchcraft : VOODOO

4-across – Foundation : BASIS

7-across – Exit – eccentric : WAYOUT

8-across – Perforate : PIERCE

9-across – Men : GUYS

10-across – Grotesque carving : GARGOYLE

12-across – Cat and mouse cartoon capers : TOMANDJERRY

17-across – Nation with a president as head of state : REPUBLIC

19-across – Doing word : VERB

20-across – Shake of the earth : TREMOR

21-across – Line on a map connecting points of equal atmospheric pressure : ISOBAR

22-across – Social class in India : CASTE

23-across – Not yet mature : UNRIPE

1-down – Bridge carrying a road over a river or valley : VIADUCT

2-down – Small arboreal marsupial : OPOSSUM

3-down – With eight sides and angles : OCTAGONAL

4-down – Sound of a spring : BOING

5-down – Device emitting fine droplets : SPRAYER

6-down – Record-player : STEREO

11-down – Brush-off : REJECTION

13-down – Keep down : OPPRESS

14-down – Pasta cases : RAVIOLI

15-down – Length in units of three feet : YARDAGE

16-down – Of the extreme north : ARCTIC

18-down – Drink heavily : BOOZE

1-across – Blames Tate : STABLEMATE

7-across – Eccentric : OFFBEAT

8-across – Quarrel : SCRAP

10-across – Style and liveliness : ELAN

11-across – In these times : NOWADAYS

13-across – Ornamental chain : ANKLET

15-across – Intensely enthusiastic : ARDENT

17-across – : ABEYANCE

18-across – Unit of area of 4,840 square yards : ACRE

21-across – Shoddy – slightly sticky : TACKY

22-across – US state on the Gulf of Mexico : ALABAMA

23-across – Maximum MPH allowed on a particular road : SPEEDLIMIT

1-down – Capital of Bulgaria : SOFIA

2-down – Highest point : APEX

3-down – Liquid preparation applied to the skin : LOTION

4-down – Killing of large numbers : MASSACRE

5-down – Row of identical houses : TERRACE

6-down – Having widely divergent opinions : POLESAPART

9-down – Shift the blame : PASSTHECAN

12-down – 1,048,576 bytes : MEGABYTE

14-down – Patella : KNEECAP

16-down – Scribbled writing : SCRAWL

19-down – Cunning – ability : CRAFT

20-down – Near to finding hidden object : WARM