The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,519 - Feb 3 2020 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,519 - Feb 3 2020 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Kind	SORT
Lingerie — is nude (anag)	UNDIES
Lockjaw	TETANUS
Moving slowly and carefully	INCHING
Nigerian currency unit	NAIRA
One regarded as sure to succeed in some field	NATURAL
Playing for stakes	GAMBLING
Punctuation mark	FULLSTOP
Scottish breed of cattle	ABERDEENANGUS
Stand in	DEPUTISE
The Orient	ASIA
Welsh national park	SNOWDONIA
Writer of light romantic fiction, Princess Diana's stepgrand­mother, d. 2000	CARTLAND

Clues	Answers
Accept as true without proof	ASSUME
Austere monks taking a vow of silence	TRAPPISTS
Australian operatic soprano, d. 1931	MELBA
Big meal (slang)	NOSHUP
Brilliant success	ECLAT
Container used in lubricating machinery	OILCAN
Cricket club	BAT
Departed	GONE
Doing nothing and hoping for the best — being Glenn etc (anag)	BENIGNNEGLECT
Elegance	POISE
Experts	ACES
Hydrogen, for example	GAS
Improving trend	UPSWING