The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2019 07 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
German city on the 15 COLOGNE
Swiss city on the 15 BASEL
German city on the 15 BONN
COLLAPSE INWARDS IMPLODE
Superman's mother? LARA
Kitchen gadget — old policeman PEELER
NATURAL APTITUDE FLAIR
Major European river flowing into the North Sea RHINE
THE GUNNERS ARSENAL
Major European river flowing into the Black Sea DANUBE
NON-COMMISSIONED SAILOR IN THE ROYAL NAVY RATING
CLOSE SHAVE NARROWESCAPE
Ian __, author of the Rebus novels RANKIN
Name given to some forms of organised crime in Japan YAKUZA
RIVER RUNNING THROUGH NEWCASTLE TYNE
RELATIVE BY MARRIAGE INLAW
Figure in Greek mythology for whom fruit and water were for ever out of reach TANTALUS
One of the five basic tastes, associated particularly with glutamates UMAMI
FAIRGROUND RIDE MERRYGOROUND
RUSSIAN WOLFHOUND BORZOI
SHARP SOUND OF DISAPPROVAL HISS
Hermione __, actor who played Karen in Cold Feet NORRIS
Nickname given to a member of the British Women's Royal Naval Service WREN
BREATHE NOISILY AFTER RUNNING PANT
FISHING VESSEL TRAWLER
FIRST COURSE STARTER
SOMETHING UNEXPECTED SURPRISE
Girl's name — a sorry me! (anag) ROSEMARY
Illinois town, made famous by Groucho Marx, then Richard Nixon PEORIA
Another name for the capitate, the largest of the carpal bones OSMAGNUM
__ Draper, character played by Jessica Paré in Mad Men MEGAN
CONFEDERATES ALLIES
Hernando __, conquistador and first European to cross the Mississippi DESOTO
Trinket — decoration ORNAMENT
STICKY SUBSTANCE EXUDED BY PINE TREES RESIN
Ancient region covering much of southern Syria and northern Jordan HAURAN
DRY RED ITALIAN WINE VALPOLICELLA
PREVALENT RIFE
THE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF USERS OF PLAYERS IN ONLINE GAMING AVATARS
Austrian city on the 6 VIENNA
Austrian city on the 6 LINZ
Hungarian city on the 6 BUDAPEST
DRUG USED TO TREAT PARKINSON'S DISEASE LDOPA
PLENTIFUL ABUNDANT
Stamina — endurance STAYINGPOWER
Serbian city on the 6 BELGRADE
Ian __, author of On Chesil Beach MCEWAN
Town on the 15, known for its archaeological museum XANTEN