The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,383 – Nov 9 2022 Crossword Answers
| Clues | Answers |
| Account of a series of events (which can be spun) | YARN |
| Affirmative! | YES |
| Becoming more distant | RECEDING |
| Buttocks (euphemistically) | DERRIERE |
| Cobs and pens | SWANS |
| Colonnade | PORTICO |
| David Bowie’s alter ego of the 1970s | ZIGGYSTARDUST |
| Hidden marksman | SNIPER |
| Impudence __ annoy | GALL |
| Join forces | UNITE |
| Most populous country in Africa | NIGERIA |
| Mountain lake | TARN |
| Paying no attention | HEEDLESS |
| Place equipped for sports or physical training | GYMNASIUM |
| Poke | PROD |
| Protective eyewear | GOGGLES |
| Recondite | ABSTRUSE |
| Regarded as precious | TREASURED |
| School of Buddhism that stresses meditation and intuition as the way to knowledge | ZEN |
| Seafood, usually steamed in wine | MUSSEL |
| Silly | INANE |
| Stellar | ASTRAL |
| Subjected to banter | TEASED |
| Sundry | MISCELLANEOUS |
| Tick off | CHIDE |
| Without hesitation | READILY |