The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2018 12 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
FICTIONAL SAILOR FROM BAGHDAD SINBAD
GRASS INFORMANT
Arthur __, author of Swallows and Amazons RANSOME
INTOXICATING DRINK ALE
Private college once known as the Boston Conservatory of Elocution, Oratory, and Dramatic Art EMERSON
DISBELIEF INCREDULITY
Exercise regime combining dance, yoga and martial arts NIA
MYTHICAL HORSE/MAN CENTAUR
SEE 2 ISLAND
Evelyn __, author of Brideshead Revisited WAUGH
Multinational organisation facilitating police coordination INTERPOL
YOUNG COW HEIFER
UNDERWATER SUBMARINE
FOUL-SMELLING NOISOME
ALIEN FOREIGNER
Ancient Arabian state - or a brand of cat food? SHEBA
UNTIES LOOSENS
MISCHIEVOUS FAIRY HOBGOBLIN
TYPE OF WHEAT RYE
MALE SWAN COB
ADAPT TO A NEW ENVIRONMENT ACCLIMATISE
Instrument for smoking also known as a galyan HOOKAH
African carnivore known for its 'laugh' HYENA
INCANTATION SPELL
NOISY, LAVISH PARTY THRASH
__ Hazard, Chelsea footballer EDEN
Robert Louis Stevenson novel featuring David Balfour KIDNAPPED
Roman emperor, 117-138 AD HADRIAN
LIKELY WINNER FRONTRUNNER
Physiological need to drink — resists hint (anag) THIRSTINESS
Film series based on characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby XMEN
PROJECTION USED IN A MORTISE JOINT TENON
SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN BEN
Algae that grows into underwater 'forests' KELP
WRONG SIN
CONTESTANT LOSING BY A LARGE MARGIN ALSORAN
The __, historic name for Kincardineshire MEARNS
The Last __, 1980 film starring Catherine Deneuve METRO
SEE 12 WILDTHINGSARE
Maurice Sendak book about a boy called Max (5,3,4,6,3) WHERETHE
Dance mentioned in Bohemian Rhapsody? FANDANGO
DIVERSE VARIED
Robert Louis Stevenson novel featuring Jim Hawkins TREASURE
Ancient Greek name for the body of water between Turkey and Ukraine EUXINESEA
Country bordered by Yemen and the UAE OMAN
ILL WILL MALICE
Guglielmo __, radio inventor MARCONI
PLUNDER RIFLE
Constellation on the celestial equator — giant hunter of Greek mythology ORION