The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2018 12 08

crossword answers
Clue Answer
CONTAMINATE TAINT
A quadrilateral with sides of the same length RHOMBUS
FLYING CIRCUS APPARATUS? TRAPEZE
ASPECT FACET
Mountain range in County Down MOURNE
Kingdom once ruled by Frederick the Great PRUSSIA
BBC arts show hosted by Alan Yentob IMAGINE
Japanese art form whose name means 'tray planting' BONSAI
UP TO THE MINUTE LATEST
Baruch __, Portuguese Enlightenment philosopher (1632-1677) SPINOZA
Powerful wooden weapon used against the French at Agincourt LONGBOW
PLACE TO GET A VEHICLE CLEAN CARWASH
European trade association whose members include Norway and Iceland EFTA
LEGALLY-BINDING ORDER EDICT
TURKISH CAPITAL ANKARA
Miss __, detective created by Agatha Christie MARPLE
The German for 'dream' TRAUM
CROSS HYBRID
The Spanish word for 'shandy' CLARA
APPROVAL ASSENT
Title given to the resident of the University of St Andrews RECTOR
THE CAPITAL OF NORWAY OSLO
Recoil — bung KICKBACK
Philosopher's stone ELIXIR
Maker of circular wooden objects WHEELWRIGHT
Arabic name meaning 'lion' ASSAD
Person who cuts flat glass to size GLAZIER
The river Thames in Oxford ISIS
__ Sinclair, author of The Jungle (1904) UPTON
The capital of Tajikistan DUSHANBE
RECESS IN CHURCH DESIGN ALSO KNOWN AS AN EXEDRA APSE
CAMERA STAND TRIPOD
QUICK, LIGHT MOVEMENT FLICK
THE CAPITAL OF CHAD NDJAMENA
WOODWORK CARPENTRY
ELECTRICAL DEVICE FITTED IN THE CYLINDER HEADS OF AN INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINE SPARKPLUG
The __, magazine founded in 1992 by Richard Ingrams OLDIE
JAGGED MOUNTAIN RANGE SIERRA
Rock band whose hits include Wonderwall OASIS
Maghrebi hot chilli pepper paste HARISSA
SMALL POSITION FROM WHICH FUTURE PROGRESS MIGHT BE MADE TOEHOLD
The capital of the DRC KINSHASA
ESCAPE ARTIST, HARRY HOUDINI
RUBBER-BLADED WIPER FOR REMOVING WATER SQUEEGEE
THE CAPITAL OF ZIMBABWE HARARE
WORD OF APPRECIATION THANKS
City spanning the Bosphorus ISTANBUL
THE CAPITAL OF MOZAMBIQUE MAPUTO
Tip — top APEX
WIND INSTRUMENT OBOE
Reinhold __, US theologian whose works include Moral Man and Immoral Society (1932) NIEBUHR