The Guardian - Quick crossword No 14,863 - Dec 27 2017

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Clues Answers
Agatha Christie detective POIROT
Bone from the human elbow ULNA
Deprivation LOSS
Die down SUBSIDE
Extremely old PREHISTORIC
Flat fish RAYS
Forbearing TOLERANT
Game involving two hoops BASKETBALL
Italian sauce containing basil PESTO
Locks HAIR
Long loaf — tube gate (anag) BAGUETTE
Long poem — awesome! EPIC
Clues Answers
Mammoth GIGANTIC
Move unsteadily — a bad place to be left in LURCH
Multiplying by three TREBLING
Nearsighted MYOPIC
Parentage BIRTH
Possibly PERHAPS
Precarious TOUCHANDGO
Quit STOP
Show to the public DISPLAY
Slapstick theatre for children (abbr) PANTO
Went to bed RETIRED