The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,995 - Aug 12 2021

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Clues Answers
Bee-keeping locations APIARIES
Big read (anag) — shorten a text ABRIDGE
Cavalry weapon LANCE
Code word for C CHARLIE
Early anaesthetic CHLOROFORM
Floor covering LINOLEUM
Formerly ONCE
Jazz style popularised in the 1940s SWING
Left stranded MAROONED
Mercurial ERRATIC
Muck FILTH
Clues Answers
Notes and coins CASH
Part of the body between ribs and hip bone (often girded!) LOIN
Porkies LIES
Recess ALCOVE
Repugnance AVERSION
Thoughts IDEAS
Torch FLASHLIGHT
Troublesome possession WHITEELEPHANT
Unpretentious HUMBLE
Voice sells lot (anag) — professional name of Declan Patrick McManus ELVISCOSTELLO
Withdraw from a commitment BACKOUT