Telegraph Quick Crossword Answers - Aug 13
Quick Crossword No 31317
Across
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Crossword clues, hints, and answers
Across
- 1. Employ — Answer: HIRE. Hint: Bring someone onto your team for a job. 💼
- 3. Rouse — Answer: WAKE. Hint: Give someone a gentle reason to stop sleeping. ☀️
- 6. Poem — Answer: ODE. Hint: Think of a short lyrical tribute written to praise someone or something. ✍️
- 9. Stifle — Answer: SMOTHER. Hint: To suppress something completely, as with a pillow or an overwhelming feeling, is to do this. 🤐
- 10. Wrong — Answer: AMISS. Hint: Something is wrong when it’s not quite right. ⚠️
- 11. Result — Answer: ENSUE. Hint: Think of what may happen or follow as a consequence. 🔍
- 12. Desire — Answer: PASSION. Hint: Think of an intense longing or fervent enthusiasm. 🔥
- 13. Overcast — Answer: CLOUDY. Hint: Describes a sky hidden behind a blanket of gray clouds. ☁️
- 15. Dive — Answer: PLUNGE. Hint: Think of taking a dramatic jump into the water. 🌊
- 18. Quiver — Answer: TREMBLE. Hint: Think of the involuntary shaking you might do when you’re frightened or freezing. 🥶
- 20. Snares — Answer: TRAPS. Hint: These clever devices catch the unwary without making a sound. 🪤
- 23. Hanging — Answer: DRAPE. Hint: Think of what a curtain does when it falls softly from a rod. 🪟
- 24. Endurance — Answer: STAMINA. Hint: The ability to keep going through a long, demanding challenge is the key. 💪
- 25. Untruth — Answer: LIE. Hint: It’s what Pinocchio tells when his nose starts growing. 🤥
- 26. Record — Answer: DISC. Hint: Think of a flat medium that can store music or data. 💿
- 27. Squad — Answer: UNIT. Hint: Think of a small organized group working together. 👥
Down
- 1. Speed — Answer: HASTE. Hint: Think of the urgency that makes you act quickly. ⚡
- 2. Origins — Answer: ROOTS. Hint: Think about where something begins—or what anchors a plant underground 🌱
- 4. Brusque — Answer: ABRUPT. Hint: A sudden change in manner can catch you off guard! ⚡
- 5. Tests — Answer: EXAMS. Hint: School assessments that measure what you’ve learned 📚
- 6. View — Answer: OPINION. Hint: It’s the perspective or belief someone holds about a topic. 👀
- 7. Kernel — Answer: ESSENCE. Hint: Think of the central quality or heart of something. 💡
- 8. Savvy — Answer: SHREWD. Hint: Think of someone clever, perceptive, and hard to fool. 🧠
- 13. Fortress — Answer: CITADEL. Hint: Think of a heavily fortified stronghold, often standing guard over a city. 🏰
- 14. Function — Answer: OPERATE. Hint: To work or perform a task, as a machine or system might do ⚙️
- 16. Deadly — Answer: LETHAL. Hint: Think of a serious synonym for something capable of causing death ☠️
- 17. Against — Answer: VERSUS. Hint: Think of the short preposition used when two sides face each other in competition. ⚔️
- 19. Mingle — Answer: BLEND. Hint: Bring different ingredients or ideas together into one harmonious whole. 🥣
- 21. Strange — Answer: ALIEN. Hint: Think of something unusual, unfamiliar, or out of this world. 👽
- 22. Intelligent — Answer: SMART. Hint: Sharp-minded and quick on the uptake 🧠
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