The Guardian - Quick - December 7 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Guardian - Quick crossword No 14,847 - Dec 7 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
Burn slightly	CHAR
Business of designing buildings	ARCHITECTURE
Disgustingly foul substance	CRUD
Enemy (anag) — country of Arabia	YEMEN
Expressed agreement	ASSENTED
Fist (slang)	BUNCHOFFIVES
Gymnast	ACROBAT
Member of the military caste in feudal Japan	SAMURAI
Nark — nettle	ANNOY
Not strict	LENIENT
Parentage	ORIGINS
Participate	ENGAGE
Pieces of impure quartz used as gemstones	AGATES
Pontificates — toss-up (anag)	SPOUTS
Rid someone (of a mistaken idea)	DISABUSE
River in Hades	STYX
Something to go back to when stuck	DRAWINGBOARD
Stylised Japanese poem of 17 syllables	HAIKU
Tea (rhyming slang)	ROSIELEE
Time period(s)	DAYS
Traffic light	AMBER
Unhappy and unable to be comforted	DISCONSOLATE
With an unpleasant smell	WHIFFY
Wraps tightly in strips of cloth	SWADDLES