The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,655 - Sep 22 2023

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Clues Answers
A royal house WINDSOR
Administered corporal punishment CANED
Affair LIAISON
African country — ruin dub (anag) BURUNDI
Bottomless chasm ABYSS
Buffet-style meal SMORGASBORD
Buried container for future discovery TIMECAPSULE
Cheers THANKS
Dislike intensely ABHOR
Excitable NERVY
Exploded BURST
Explore — scout (informal) RECCE
German playwright, author of Mother Courage and Her Children, d. 1956 BRECHT
Clues Answers
Horse-catching rope LASSO
It's impossible to see without one! EYEBALL
Little — squiffy TIDDLY
Mainly black aquatic rail MOORHEN
Man with a body like a horse? CENTAUR
Minutes for a football match (not counting stoppages or extra time) NINETY
Most common UK bird of prey BUZZARD
Nothing ZILCH
Passage underground SUBWAY
Powerful — stringy SINEWY
Repulsive ODIOUS
Take into holy orders ORDAIN
Type of quadrilateral RHOMBUS