Quick crossword no 14,556 Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Mammoth (4) 3 Female gametes — ova (3,5) 8 9 8 See 18 9 Brief literary 10 description (8) 11 Good online behaviour 11 (10) 14 Ice cream served with a 12 13 topping (6) 15,17 1929 international 14 15 agreement regulating commercial air 16 transport (6,10) 20 Texas panhandle city (8) 17 21,19 Squash, say (4,4) 22 More pongy (8) 18 19 23 Carry — tolerate (4) 20 21 Down 1 Lifestyle devoted to pleasure (8) 22 23 2 Pig-like noises (8) 4 See 10 5 Limit — restriction (10) 16 Slim (6) 6 Skating jump with turns 18,8 Large percussion (4) instrument (4,4) 7 Cook by simmering 19 See 21 slowly (4) 10,4 West Central African country, capital Malabo (10,6) 12 Approximate calculation (8) 13 Con artist (8) Quick crossword no 14,557 Across 1 2 3 4 5 1 Like a platypus? (4-6) 7,8 Invisible threads? (8,4) 6 9,20 Bushy-tailed North 7 8 America rodent, now a UK pest (4,8) 10 Lacking in lust (7) 12 Ireland (7,4) 9 10 14 Important person (7) 16 See 18 11 19 See 5 20 See 9 12 13 21 Decorated with heraldic arms (10) Down 14 15 16 17 1 Starting to stop! (5) 18 2 Middle-of-the-road reflector (4,3) 19 20 3 Group of persons thought of as an entity (4) 4 Abandon — save for later 21 (3,5) 5,19 Stereotypical promiscuous and 18,16 WWII V-1 pilotless Solution no 14,556 materialistic young aircraft (informal) (4,4) HUGE EGGCE L L S woman (from E R U O U T Colchester?) (5,4) DRUM V I GNETTE 6 Harangue (6) O N E N S Z W NET I QUETTE 11 Drunken party (8) I I U A R E S 12 Strikingly unusual (6) SUNDAE WARSAW 13 Pouch worn with a kilt M G T S I T I CONVENT I ON (7) B G R E T M D 15 New England city, site of AMAR I L LO BAL L 1692 witchcraft trials (5) S M A T T E SME L L I ER BEAR 17 Loaves (5) Quick crossword no 14,558 Across 1 2 3 4 5 1 American general and president (10) 6 7 Spring back (7) 7 8 9 8 Goodbye, mon ami! (5) 10 Former German monetary unit (4) 11 Someone or thing 10 11 unwanted and unneeded (8) 12 13 Cancel officially (6) 15 Very luminous and very 13 14 15 distant astronomical object (6) 16 17 Leading (as goods may be transported?) (2,3,3) 17 18 19 18 See 23 21 Careless mistake (5) 20 22 Near the kidneys (7) 23,18 Strong emotion that’s 21 22 not reciprocated (10,4) Down 23 1 Founder of the German Romantic school of opera, d. 1826 (5) 16 Where Kubla Khan built Solution no 14,557 2 Liquid food (4) his pleasure dome (6) DUCKB I L L ED 3 Surely (6) 19 Possessed (5) Y A O A S T 4 Magnificence (8) 20 Worry excessively (4) B I RTHDAY SU I T N S Y A E R 5 Forbidding (7) GREY ASEXUAL 6 Having existed from the Y C I D very start — limp or arid EMERALD I S L E (anag) (10) X R E P HOTSHOT BOMB 9 Soft lower side (10) T A U B R R 12 Natural vision (5,3) G I RL SQU I RRE L 14 Taken advantage of C E A Z A A EMBLAZONED (3-4) Quick crossword no 14,559 Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Hard tropical wood used in making furniture (8) 8 5 See 17 9 Very easy putt (5) 9 10 10 Soviet politician with a cocktail, d. 1986 (7) 11 Mary Shelley’s mad Swiss scientist (12) 11 13 In conclusion (6) 14 Place of worship (6) 12 17,5 Deliberate infringement to prevent the other side 13 14 15 scoring (12,4) 20 City buried by Vesuvius 16 eruption (7) 21 Commonplace (5) 17 18 22 Major industrial region of north-west Germany (4) 19 23 Clergyman (8) 20 21 Down 1 Bearers of gold, frankincense and myrrh? 22 23 (4) 2 Upper arm bone (7) 3 Traditional Elizabethan 16 Have an ambition (6) Solution no 14,558 folk tune and ballad (12) 18 Dynamism (5) WASH I NGTON 4 Stripped of feeling (6) 19 Group of people behaving P E O N R M 6 Shocking — route (anag) like sheep? (4) REBOUND AD I EU (5) I E P E N N N 7 In an affectionate way (8) MARK DEADWOOD O N D E U E 8 Term for group loyalty of REPEAL QUASAR those with posh private D U K X R B eduction (3,6,3) I NTHEVAN LOVE 12 Insect trap (8) A U D N F W L LAPSE ADRENAL 15 Substance made of nuts O Y D E E Y boiled in sugar, used to UNREQU I TED fill chocolates (7) Quick crossword no 14,560 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Across 16 See 20 18 Arab republic, independent 1 Rectangular area since 1946 (5) surrounded by buildings (4) 20,16 On-hand children’s 3 Yellow and white container entertainer? (5,6) (8) 21 Grumble — muscle (4) 9 Ali, rise! (anag) — Middle Easterner (7) 10 See 12 11 St Petersburg ballet company, founded c. 1740 (5) 12,10 Pale treacle (6,5) 14 Powerful data processor (13) 17 Blood fluid (6) 19 One not accepting your god (5) 22,8 Alert and active type? (5,6) 23 Oppressive (7) Solution no 14,559 24 Spanish courtship dance (8) M A H O G A N Y F O U L 25 Cathedral chapter head (4) A U R U O U O G I MM E MO L O T O V Down I E E B D R I 1 First to get there? (8) F R A N K E N S T E I N 2 Drier (5) F U S D C G 4 Cheap (5,3,1,4) L A S T L Y C H A P E L Y E A O R Y 5 Rope-making fibre (5) P R O F E S S I O N A L 6 (Over-)serious (7) A O V P L L H 7 Long bounding stride (4) P OM P E I I T R I T E 8 See 22 E P S R I N R 13 Younger male relative (8) R U H R R E V E R E N D 15 Many-sided plane figure (7) Quick crossword no 14,561 1 2 3 4 5 Across 12 Designed to be easily carried (8) 1,16 Rotating entrance (9,4) 6 7 8 North African capital (5) 15 Breakfast mixture of dry cereals and fruits (6) 9 Italian rice dish (7) 8 9 18 Mexican currency unit (4) 10 Of the newborn (8) 11 See 21 13 Keen perception (6) 14 Cat with certain skills (6) 10 11 16 See 1 12 17 Make a huge effort (slang) (4,1,3) 13 14 19 Eternal (7) 20 Head (slang) (5) 15 21,11 Cross-dressing theatrical (9,4) 16 17 Down Solution no 14,560 18 1 Said again (8) Q U A D E G G S H E L L 2 Spoken (6) 19 20 3 Succulent — alcoholic (4) U I B O I A O I S R A E L I S Y R U P 4 Impervious to persuasion C E A N A N E or reason (12) K I R O V G O L D E N 5 Traveller the world over E E F S G 21 (12) S U P E R C OM P U T E R 6 Domestic light on a pole T O R U A (8,4) P L A S M A P A G A N 7 Relating to a large B Y Y S P L D language family — undo a E A G E R O N E R O U S pioneer (anag) (4-8) E O I N T V O F A N D A N G O D E A N Quick crossword no 14,562 Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 End of a rugby game (2,4) 4 Capital of Croatia (6) 8 Offensive gesture (1-4) 9 Being from another 8 9 planet (7) 10 Player of syncopated music (7) 11 Vision (5) 10 11 12,16 Eight times married British-American actress, d. 2011 (9,6) 17 Hindu social class (5) 12 13 14 19 ___ Jones, action hero created by George Lucas 15 16 (7) 21 Plant with edible salad 17 18 19 20 leaves (7) 22 Wet pig feed (5) 23 Martial art, akin to judo (6) 21 22 24 Puma (6) Down 23 24 1 Native American — on Java (anag) (6) 2,18 It’s used to take the fizz 16 See 12 Solution no 14,561 out of drinks (7,5) 18 See 2 REVOLV I NG 3 Coarse cotton fabric (5) 20 Music genre — dance S I E E U N L 5 Broadcasting period (7) venue (5) TUN I S R I SOTTO 6 Yogurt, chopped A D T B H R B cucumber and spices (5) NEONATAL DAME D E T L P N T 7,9 Belief that one is safe, ACUMEN MOUSER despite the evidence (6,9) R R D M R I O 13 Straight from the freezer DOOR BUSTAGUT (3-4) L P P E A E T 14 Trial (7) AGE L ES S BONCE M A S L L T R 15 Thorny flowering shrub PANTOMIME (6) Quick crossword no 14,563 Across 1 2 3 4 5 Large commercial enterprises, 5 6 collectively (3,8) 7 Stupid person — compact lump (4) 7 8 8 See 15 9 Fleet commander (7) 11 Tintin’s (white?) dog (5) 13,18 One employed to 9 10 11 incite others to commit illegal acts (5,11) 12 14 Harmony (7) 13 14 16 Particle of protoplasm, essential for blood 15 clotting — tell a pet (anag) (8) 16 17 17 Spanish sparkling wine (4) 18 See 13 18 Down 1 Archaic exclamation of surprise (4) 2 Ray of natural light (7) 15,8 Male siblings — Solution no 14,562 3 Watergate president (5) sworn friends (5,8) NOS I DE ZAGREB 4 Grease monkey (8) 17 Professional cook (4) A W E I A U 5 Sprung clamp for VS I GN MART I AN holding papers A Z I E T T K J AZZMAN IMAGE together (7,4) O L T M R 6 Hand tool — cocktail E L I ZABETH (11) A C L E T CASTE I ND I ANA 10 Act of setting A T C T I R Y something on fire (8) CH I CORY SWI L L I C L C N O 12 Liveried flunkey (7) A I K I DO COUGAR Quick crossword no 14,564 Across 1 2 3 4 5,12 Mathematical expression containing 5 a variable raised to the 6 7 second power (9,8) 8 Smart (4) 8 9 9 Painting of the briny (8) 10 Poetic name for old England (6) 10 11 12 11 Go (6) 13 Of a particular people (6) 15 Marinated (6) 13 14 15 16,3 Duke of Marlborough’s pile (8,6) 16 17 18 18 South African archbishop, b. 1931 (4) 19 Amphibious reptile (9) 19 Down 1 See 7 2 More than likely (4-2) 3 See 16 Solution no 14,563 4 Flat plate (4) E S N M 6 Stamp collecting (9) B I GBUS I NES S 7,1 Birmingham U A N X C C CLOD BROTHERS interchange (9,8) L E N A E 12 See 5 ADMI RAL SNOWY 14 Priest (6) O G M F I D AGENT CONCORD 15 Ape-like — in Siam C I B O I (anag) (6) P LATE L ET CAVA I I O M H E 17 River of eastern Africa PROVOCATEUR (4) N D N F Quick crossword no 14,565 Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Main sleeping chamber (6,7) 8 Superior skill (7) 9,2 Springtime rain (5,7) 8 9 10 High-ranked player in a knock-out tournament (4) 11 Sought advice from (6,2) 13 Australian marsupial (6) 10 11 14 Neutral area created to reduce conflict (6) 12 17 Handgun able to fire again without reloading 13 14 15 (8) 19 Adhesive (4) 16 21 Not true (5) 22 Crisis where a desperate 17 18 19 effort is the only alternative to defeat? (7) 20 24 Conforming in every respect (13) 21 22 23 Down 1 Plan (3) 24 2 See 9 3 Always (4) 4 Thick shellfish soup (6) 20 Having no known name Solution no 14,564 5 Protracted (5-3) (4) J O P D 6 Propelled like a rowing 23 Small barrel (3) QUADRAT I C boat (5) P N D L S S 7 State capital of Victoria CH I C SEASCAPE (9) I T O C A ALB I ON ENERGY 10 Causing sleepiness (9) A O Q H 12 From Khartoum? (8) ETHN I C SOUSED 15 Italian film-maker, d. 1993 E L I A T (7) BL ENHE IM TUTU 16 Satirise (4,2) Y I R I I I AL L I GATOR 18 Having opposite extremes E C N N (5)