Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 17th 2013) clues of The Guardian Quick crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 22 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Make laws (9)

Deceitful (5)

Hot drug (anag) (7)

Official recognition of achievement (8)

Coconut husk fibre used for making matting (4)

Indistinct — hazy in outline (6)

Country formerly known as Nyasaland (6)

Bring up (4)

Most abundant substance in the universe (8)

Really (2,5)

Sound of a soft, wet object striking a surface (5)

Writer of Treasure Island, d. 1894 (9)

Binding used for strangulation (8)

No dogs (anag) (6)

Display (4)

Behaving in an exemplary manner (2,4,2,4)

Outrageously costly (12)

Fruit (12)

Small talk (6-6)

Body of troops guarding a stronghold (8)

Infectious disease often spread by lice (6)

Unable to speak (4)

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