Crosswords

Accessible version of Quick crossword No 16,901

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Blanks

  • Line 1: A H
  • Line 2: A C E G H J L
  • Line 3: G
  • Line 4: A C E G H J L
  • Line 5: E
  • Line 6: A C E G I J L
  • Line 7: A M
  • Line 8: B D E G I K M
  • Line 9: I
  • Line 10: B D F G I K M
  • Line 11: G
  • Line 12: B D F G I K M
  • Line 13: F M

Across

  1. (1B) Mudpack beauty treatment (6)
  2. (1I) Tinted gemstone (5)
  3. (3A) Get ready to perform (4,2)
  4. (3H) Provoke (4,2)
  5. (5A) Oast (anag.) (4)
  6. (5F) Russian ballet dancer, d.1950 (8)
  7. (7B) Bespoke (6-5)
  8. (9A) Pristine (5-3)
  9. (9J) Meat (4)
  10. (11A) Corrosive (6)
  11. (11H) Deodorant type (4-2)
  12. (13A) Give (5)
  13. (13G) Trashy – as Gorgonzola? (6)

Down

  1. (1B) Frenzied with worry (7)
  2. (1D) Finder of cardinal directions (7)
  3. (1F) Instrument sounded by mountain dwellers (9)
  4. (1I) Played by all (5)
  5. (1K) Sun umbrella (7)
  6. (1M) Light wind (6)
  7. (5H) Petty official (9)
  8. (7C) Dissimilar (7)
  9. (7J) Cover (7)
  10. (7L) It keeps a brew warm (‘s’ not ‘z’) (3,4)
  11. (8A) Estate or position of monastery head (6)
  12. (9E) Desiccated (5)