The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 982 - Sep 9 2018 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 982 - Sep 9 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Quiet rental, if you don't mind	PLEASE
Said team expressed sadness	SIGHED
Scrap force, we hear	MITE
Slot a hip replacement here?	HOSPITAL
Some implore newspaper to modernise	RENEW
Sticks up for being over-complacent	SMUG
Tonic and spice	PEPPER
Touching silver developed stain	AGAINST
Treat disease in Blackpool or Bognor?	SEASIDE
What is charged for a poem?	ANODE
When in good health, too	ASWELL
Whinges tediously, having eaten	INGESTED
Worn out journalist therein took a trip on a bus?	ERODED
You finally overturned preacher's taste	UMAMI

Clues	Answers
... scraps with strange people on backstreet	ODDMENTS
Alcohol bottle	SPIRIT
Beat leading triathlete, then mope around	TEMPO
Border traditions	CUSTOMS
Closed up one end unwisely	UNOPENED
Feed poorly, at first being hopeless	DEFEATIST
Give up fish for stodgy food	DUMPLING
Guessed Rocky meditates	ESTIMATED
Indeed, organ is saved!	DELIVERED
Irrationally fear being in elevator? This could save you	LIFERAFT
Matilda's outwardly obsessive beast ...	ANIMAL
New and bouncy building?	CASTLE
Note scale of wee organ	BLADDER
Poster calling for entry	ADMISSION