The Guardian - Quiptic - October 8 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 934 - Oct 8 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
Arrange time for an equestrian event	DRESSAGE
Beast next to end of steep slope	RAMP
Beautiful girl dropping drug in setter's cocktail	BELLINI
Bird taking sunfish	STARLING
Church built of black American quartz	BASILICA
Drained wife has heart trouble to face bravely	WEATHER
Foreign lager gets a disapproving look	GLARE
Fortune-teller and rock star featuring on old record by Queen	ASTROLOGER
Fuel in gallons on sale after moving east	GASOLENE
Get one's own back with a volume on gene mutation	AVENGE
Has to accept the limitations of giving to people asking for money	BEGGARS
Map discovered by soldiers going back into cave	DESIGN
Month during which different son and daughter find time to honour parent	MOTHERSDAY
Olive spread developed a deep tan	TAPENADE

 

Clues	Answers
Onion originally included in stir-fried potato dish	ROSTI
Organism spreading disease discovered by a north European	GERMAN
Plant needing two women	ROSEMARY
Points out engine part	PISTON
Pole position	POST
Pressure bandage applied round top of ulcer	DURESS
Records attempts to make wall hangings	TAPESTRIES
Returned fabric, cut and inspected	EXAMINED
Rips hat off a musician	HARPIST
Sections of poem about a sick French city	VERSAILLES
The main point of logistics?	GIST
Useless to turn weapon on a politician	NUGATORY
Vermin running around two state capitals	RATS
West Indian close to running one out for a duck	WIGEON