Search Results for: small ornament

1-across – Bought for peanuts? : DIRTCHEAP

8-across – Small body containing the female germ cell of a plant : OVULE

9-across – Bad person — googly : WRONGUN

10-across – Ten hundreds : THOUSAND

11-across – Droop in the heat : WILT

13-across – Difficult cricket delivery to play : YORKER

14-across – Derisive giggle : TEEHEE

16-across – Wind instrument : OBOE

17-across – The Bible : GOODBOOK

19-across – On/off switches : TOGGLES

20-across – For a second time : AGAIN

21-across – Standard : YARDSTICK

1-down – More smartly clothed : DRESSIER

2-down – Sculling sport? : ROWING

3-down – Dutch shoe : CLOG

4-down – Washing lemon : ENGLISHWOMAN

5-down – Cross-country riding : PONYTREKKING

6-down – Cautious : SOFTLYSOFTLY

7-down – Gossip spreader : RUMOURMONGER

12-down – Suggestions to improve performance : FEEDBACK

15-down – Dwarfed ornamental tree : BONSAI

18-down – + : PLUS

1-across – Simultaneously : ATTHESAMETIME

8-across – An arm and a leg? : LIMB

9-across – Sardinian capital : CAGLIARI

10-across – Fashionable : ALLTHERAGE

12-across – Main course : ENTREE

14-across – Hothead : MADCAP

15-across – Share out : DISTRIBUTE

19-across – Lack of any false pride : HUMILITY

20-across – Ornamental fabric : LACE

21-across – Find ways of getting round regulations : BEATTHESYSTEM

2-down – Of little importance : TRIFLING

3-down – Addiction to a drug : HABIT

4-down – Small northern Pacific salmon : SOCKEYE

5-down – Hot molten rock : MAGMA

6-down – Hindmost part : TAILEND

7-down – Extra : MORE

11-down – Tiny amount : PARTICLE

13-down – Fit of extreme anger : REDMIST

14-down – Persons suffering for their beliefs : MARTYRS

16-down – Worker in metals : SMITH

17-down – Invoices : BILLS

18-down – Regular hexahedron : CUBE

1-across – Irresistible — huge : OVERWHELMING

9-across – Device producing an intense beam of light or radiation : LASER

10-across – New York port on the St Lawrence Seaway : BUFFALO

11-across – Musical symbol indicating pitch : CLEF

12-across – Ornamental design made of wood or metal strips : FRETWORK

14-across – Film on teeth that encourages caries : PLAQUE

15-across – Strong, well-built woman : AMAZON

18-across – Dictatorial : DESPOTIC

20-across – Silly little mistake : SLIP

22-across – Very silly : IDIOTIC

23-across – Clamour : NOISE

24-across – Upsettingly emotional : GUTWRENCHING

2-down – Entrails — CIS rave : VISCERA

3-down – Seldom seen : RARE

4-down – Australian state capital : HOBART

5-down – Duration of existence : LIFETIME

6-down – Adult insect : IMAGO

7-down – Percussion instrument — eg pink cellos : GLOCKENSPIEL

8-down – Blood sausage : BLACKPUDDING

13-down – Chunnel service : EUROSTAR

16-down – Huge figure : ZILLION

17-down – Baked beans container? : TINCAN

19-down – Prescribed share of work : STINT

21-down – Small Scottish island : INCH

1-across – Marine invertebrate — enrich USA : SEAURCHIN

8-across – Derive by reasoning : INFER

9-across – City on the Clyde : GLASGOW

10-across – 5-4, 40-30, for example : SETPOINT

11-across – Succulent plant : ALOE

13-across – Small beetle with a long snout : WEEVIL

14-across – Bunch of ornamental threads : TASSEL

16-across – Person taking drugs : USER

17-across – Persistent follower : HANGERON

19-across – Study of animals : ZOOLOGY

20-across – Noddle : BONCE

21-across – Staying power : ENDURANCE

1-down – Scornfully mocking : SARDONIC

2-down – : ARGENT

3-down – 500 sheets, perhaps : REAM

4-down – Tense and easily upset : HIGHLYSTRUNG

5-down – Kiwi : NEWZEALANDER

6-down – Picture cut into interlocking pieces for reassembly : JIGSAWPUZZLE

7-down – Not for quotation : OFFTHERECORD

12-down – Bleating : TANGIBLE

15-down – Ravine formed by a river : CANYON

18-down – 3,600 seconds : HOUR

1-across – Kind of sugar — be or is : RIBOSE

4-across – Of a particular group : TRIBAL

9-across – Young woman with a loutish lifestyle? : LADETTE

10-across – Leap — wine or money chamber? : VAULT

11-across – Test a garment’s size and look : TRYON

12-across – Thin metallic sheets for protecting food : TINFOIL

13-across – Netting with a small hexagonal mesh : CHICKENWIRE

18-across – Ornamental melody added above a theme : DESCANT

20-across – Astute : SAVVY

22-across – Dish of ground grain, boiled and eaten at breakfast in the American South : GRITS

23-across – Mischievous goblin : GREMLIN

24-across – Edible marine mollusc : OYSTER

25-across – Poorly : UNWELL

1-down – Give an account of : RELATE

2-down – Pal : BUDDY

3-down – Diabolical : SATANIC

5-down – Black bird : RAVEN

6-down – Woman’s private room : BOUDOIR

7-down – In recent times : LATELY

8-down – Main focus of attention — secret agent : CENTRESTAGE

14-down – Mock title for a self-important chap : HISNIBS

15-down – Spaghetti film? : WESTERN

16-down – Slow piece of music : ADAGIO

17-down – Book containing songs of praise : HYMNAL

19-down – Part of a church : AISLE

21-down – Device regulating flow : VALVE

1-across – Specialist reporter : SPORTSWRITER

9-across – Plant with small drooping pale yellow flowers : OXLIP

10-across – Part of a bird’s stomach : GIZZARD

11-across – Ballet skirt : TUTU

12-across – Till death do us part arrangement : MARRIAGE

14-across – North American country : MEXICO

15-across – Toy : PUPPET

18-across – Late 5th century to around AD 1000? : DARKAGES

20-across – Rip — eye moisture : TEAR

22-across – Warm and friendly : AFFABLE

23-across – Sphere of action : ARENA

24-across – Establish as valid : AUTHENTICATE

2-down – Government levy on all adults : POLLTAX

3-down – Spellbound : RAPT

4-down – Aligns : SIGNAL

5-down – Style of hairdo : RAZORCUT

6-down – Women’s head ornament : TIARA

7-down – Memorably important occasion : REDLETTERDAY

8-down – Play featuring actors in dress of a bygone era : COSTUMEDRAMA

13-down – In which X=8 and Z=10 : SCRABBLE

16-down – Offer : PRESENT

17-down – Material used by builders and dentists : CEMENT

19-down – Repair — renew : REFIT

21-down – Cosmetic powder : TALC

1-across – Dunce or mug : CURMUDGEON

7-across – One who checks accounts : AUDITOR

8-across – Preliminary sketch : DRAFT

10-across – Criticise — fish : CARP

11-across – Lover : PARAMOUR

13-across – Ancient Greek mathematician : EUCLID

15-across – Cyrano : CRAYON

17-across – Hurry! : JUMPTOIT

18-across – Spike — ornamental fabric : LACE

21-across – Sanctify : BLESS

22-across – Brilliantine, for example : HAIROIL

23-across – Did something enjoyable : CELEBRATED

1-down – Tree giving fragrant wood : CEDAR

2-down – Luxurious hotel : RITZ

3-down – Brouhaha : UPROAR

4-down – Burial ground : GODSACRE

5-down – Art of public speaking : ORATORY

6-down – Malicious verbal or written attack : HATCHETJOB

9-down – Lively Neapolitan dance : TARANTELLA

12-down – Staidest : DISTASTE

14-down – Master of ceremonies : COMPERE

16-down – Vacillate : DITHER

19-down – Sidestep : AVOID

20-down – Tip — small amount : HINT

1-across – Small oval seeds yielding an edible oil : SESAME

4-across – With alcohol added? : LACED

7-across – Stay : REMAIN

8-across – Fine worsted yarn : CREWEL

9-across – Against : ANTI

10-across – Red and black insect : LADYBIRD

12-across – Cosset : MOLLYCODDLE

17-across – Ornamental metallic lacework : FILIGREE

19-across – Run-down city area : SLUM

20-across – Upshot — what follows : SEQUEL

21-across – Sum : AMOUNT

22-across – Illegal act of taking : THEFT

23-across – Grammatical structure : SYNTAX

1-down – Chest bone : STERNUM

2-down – Breed of dog : SPANIEL

3-down – Ship putting down explosive devices : MINELAYER

4-down – Industrial vehicle : LORRY

5-down – Ranch lass? : COWGIRL

6-down – Deceive : DELUDE

11-down – Arabian camel with one hump : DROMEDARY

13-down – Slanted : OBLIQUE

14-down – Misrepresent : DISTORT

15-down – When day and night are equal : EQUINOX

16-down – Counterbalance : OFFSET

18-down – Chief — weighty : GREAT

1-across – Overwhelming electoral victory : LANDSLIDE

8-across – Shapely fruit? : PEAR

9-across – Very small : MINUSCULE

10-across – Ready money : CASH

13-across – Lure : DECOY

15-across – Group with a shared characteristic — unit of Roman legion : COHORT

16-across – Medical : POTION

17-across – Work out by instinct : INTUIT

19-across – Dress : ATTIRE

20-across – Nick : NOTCH

21-across – Hand warmer — bungle : MUFF

24-across – Compulsive habit : ADDICTION

25-across – Domesticated animal supplying milk, meat and wool : GOAT

26-across – Honesty — tiny tiger : INTEGRITY

2-down – Very dry : ARID

3-down – Sullen : DOUR

4-down – Ornamental case on necklace for memento : LOCKET

5-down – Squidgy lump : DOLLOP

6-down – Inflammation of liver — I hate pits : HEPATITIS

7-down – Divine messenger — Russian port : ARCHANGEL

11-down – Confused tussle : SCRIMMAGE

12-down – Signal of truce or surrender : WHITEFLAG

13-down – Exhaust : DRAIN

14-down – Young man : YOUTH

18-down – Sneaked : TOLDON

19-down – Busy : ACTIVE

22-down – Luminary : STAR

23-down – Drink — left at sea : PORT

1-across – State of being a tramp : VAGRANCY

5-across – Overtake : PASS

9-across – Extinguish – powdered tobacco : SNUFF

10-across – Study : PERUSAL

11-across – Pre-cooked and preserved loaf of pork, say : LUNCHEONMEAT

13-across – Expert : PUNDIT

14-across – Termagant : VIRAGO

17-across – Scientific study of the seas : OCEANOGRAPHY

20-across – Knock to the ground : FLATTEN

21-across – Produce offspring : BREED

22-across – Welsh emblem : LEEK

23-across – Cupbearer of Greek gods – largest moon of Jupiter : GANYMEDE

1-down – Ornamental vessel : VASE

2-down – French postimpressionist painter : GAUGUIN

3-down – Loving : AFFECTIONATE

4-down – Metal – policeman : COPPER

6-down – Passage between seats : AISLE

7-down – Answer : SOLUTION

8-down – Male pantomime hero played by actress : PRINCIPALBOY

12-down – Small amount – fool’s pun : SPOONFUL

15-down – Accomplish : ACHIEVE

16-down – List of items to be done : AGENDA

18-down – Fill with high spirits : ELATE

19-down – Lazy : IDLE