The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,100 - Dec 13 2021

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Clues Answers
Act properly BEHAVE
Asian capital SEOUL
Axed ABOLISHED
Beyond ordinary understanding OCCULT
Chap with an apple ADAM
Easy win SHOOIN
Economic downswing SLUMP
Garden flower PHLOX
Holy SACRED
Jerome ___ , Show Boat composer, d. 1945 KERN
Jetty PIER
Lifeless INANIMATE
Malefactor WRONGDOER
Milky fluid found in poppies and other plants LATEX
Clues Answers
Misgivings QUALMS
Mixed up (like eggs?) SCRAMBLED
Old Testament escape EXODUS
Place in France? LIEU
PM AFTERNOON
Punch (informal) BIFF
Reel — spool BOBBIN
River that flows through Hamburg ELBE
Unattainable aspiration PIPEDREAM
Uniform EVEN
Vanquished CONQUERED
Verboten FORBIDDEN
Warmth HEAT
When the light begins to fade SUNSET