The Guardian – Quick crossword No 16,394 – Nov 22 2022
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘No Man is an ___ ‘ (John Donne) | ISLAND |
| (As wine bottle) open | UNCORKED |
| (Of an exam) viva voce | ORAL |
| Aesop’s winner of a race with a hare | TORTOISE |
| Bird that can be mute? | SWAN |
| British legal tender (informal) | WONGA |
| Captivated | ENRAPT |
| Dodgy | SPURIOUS |
| Erase | RUBOUT |
| Flared women’s trousers | CULOTTES |
| Food lover | GASTRONOME |
| Highly infectious avian virus | BIRDFLU |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Light-headed | GIDDY |
| Loud metallic sound | CLANG |
| Mechanically operated musical instrument — on a pail (anag) | PIANOLA |
| Mend | REPAIR |
| One who pens numbers | SONGWRITER |
| Physical evidence of excitement or fear | GOOSEBUMPS |
| Restoration and/or repair of machinery, equipment etc | REFIT |
| Senior citizen | OLDSTER |
| Spanish romantic painter of The Third of May 1808 | GOYA |
| Tortilla filled with cheese and heated | QUESADILLA |
| Word consisting of initial letters | ACRONYM |
| ___ von Bismarck, 19th-century German statesman | OTTO |
