Letter M 176750–177000

Marriage for amour only Milky grainy dessert, with nutmeg Milk, butter etc Most outstanding woman – or insect? Manufacturing path where cords are twisted Mexican deadlock? Mending tool with a big hole Mate (anag) Moulded earth Merckx or Grant – whirlpool Modest, unassertive Make a mistake – fall over Merganser, e.g. Mount, abode of Greek gods Most advantageous start More than amusing Monetary penalty – in good condition Musical composition, often numbered Metallic element – a CID mum (anag) Making haste playfully Misappropriation – attractive Moisten with melted fat when roasting Magical granter of wishes Methodical approach Mentioning Macbeth in a theatre, for instance Most believe it to be true Misrepresentation (of e.g. the truth) Mine’s rubbish Make people obey (a law) Making them is disruptive Miracle ab (anag.) – split in two, like the Houses of Parliament Mitchell or Beatty? Move slowly on wheels Make more precious Modest allowance Messaging platform, now X Mess tin Milky sap Meal served with salt and vinegar Moses, say Minaret (anag) MV Middle Eastern dog Minced and fried item Mite (anag.) Money requested Marley’s music Malmo’s country Mediaeval musician Move (railway rolling stock) to a (side) track Make another rating of Make (something) clear, forcefully Muralist (anag.) Mildew, e.g. Masonry remnants Musical set during Vietnam War More than one can stomach Mediterranean selection of dishes Mazy Means of access to a tree house, e.g. Manipulating person? Micronesian country and microstate Musician and luminary Mice, rats etc. Messy outdoor state (after rain?) Mess – in beagle’s bowl? Move with short jerks Motor racing type Made of a particular wood Music recorder – in the 1980s? More than peckish! Mastery – hold tight! Mop cleaner? Man’s personal male assistant Mug shot collection Monarch of the Glen animal? Mineral consisting of silica Mogadishu residents, e.g. Mouth tissue Mary Tourtel’s ursine adventurer Manned craft in orbit Mailers (anag.) Medicinal immersion in wet dirt Most gorgeous – most just Make redundant Meat and pastry snack Measure of voter participation Messy situation – bad for gaskets (anag) Make business contacts Morning-after feeling Meek companion? Man’s wedding dress Maritime salutation Money needed Make a counter-accusation Marble or Wellington? Make livelier Morally instructive Miner’s workplace Meat-and-tomato pasta sauce MC, sledge or Horror Most hopeful option Monopoly property next to Jail with rhyming name Modest or immaculate Men decree them (anag) – liqueur Miniature locomotives etc Map marking for eg a hill Male in Oxford or Cambridge crew? Multi-coloured Marine sport Manipulator of airborne clubs etc Mediterranean flavour Meaty Greek fast food dish on a skewer or in pita bread Medicinal sweet Music tour assistant Metallic blue river bird Multi-storey workplace? Mealybug, for example Moment of final confrontation Mediterranean herb, closely related to marjoram Made flesh Make a videotape go backwards Monthly pay Mud, mire or muck Member of a secret society Make a modification Major sacrifice – mob cheat (anag) Mormon religious building Magic, vicious or crop Mark of recognition Make (someone) look culpable Memoirist, perhaps, or essayist Multiple chat-up event Mint relative with small leaves Mum’s bros More feral – film director Billy Monarchy with a male? Moan comic unit (anag) Milky concoction – Otis Redding song Making things cultivated? Moon starer (anag) Mr ____, blue bandaged figure Measures of lengths times breadths Meaning of the ‘R’ of ‘RSVP’ Muscle moving your shoulder – clear top (anag) Material for tights Most humble, least in value More intimate – Julia Roberts film Mark on scale Musical term meaning ‘all together’ Most flashy and flamboyant Merry-go-round – luggage conveyor Malware – ‘horse’ Mountain range – Ford Meeter and greeter Meat product – hat Move rapidly – video chat meeting Manages satisfactorily Musical instrument – Twelfth Night character Mother-of-pearl – crane (anag) Meanie doc (anag) – mixture of finely chopped veg Member of S American people of Peru before Spanish conquest Mutual withdrawal from a position – gas end meeting (anag) Move vehicle in desired direction – young ox Most smooth and glossy Mix socially with rich and famous – biscuit Motorcycle adjunct (or cocktail) Maggie’s philosophy Montmorency relative? Metropolis on the west coast of India Move towards take-off Mexican folk musician Maurizio __, former head of fashion empire Marker pinned to the lughole lobe Many many moons – for an equine beast? Maker of rolling items More than ___ (1982 Roxy Music song) Mysterious and hard to explain Mark, pan or row Means to get some air? Mom’s decision (anag) – produced to order Manner of speaking (or writing) Make them before leaving Mrs Hinch, for example Motorcycle messenger MOT copies (anag) – made of different parts Move forward suddenly More grumpy – lure sir (anag) Moby Dick, for instance Mythical mountain-dweller Means of obtaining reduced transport fares Move hurriedly – render unintelligible Mixing machine Metallic element and essential trace mineral Modernist author Maker of alcoholic drinks Manly behaviour Material for recycling? Meddlesome philanthropist Maker of mischief Member of a Nilo-Saharan ethnic group Mouth salve Measurer of small quantities of food and liquids Main boudoir Main part of body Manhattan district – where Beelzebub cooks dinner? Male platonic love Mallow relative Meteorological bang Mighty growth Meringue pie fruit? Melting together of different cuisines? Make happen at the same time Mobile phone operating system Military or police trainees Means to keep food Multi-talented individual Make (illicitly obtained money) appear legitimate Mixture of pancakes and Yorkshire puddings Miniature copy Make (something) possible Mass (of complaints) Mind – acre (anag) Missile store Man, perhaps Magritte or Descartes, e.g. Made dull and ineffective Musical based on T.S. Eliot’s work Member of a Pueblo people living chiefly in NE Arizona Musical based on Damon Runyon stories Middle-of-the-road person? Meaty snack sometimes served with mustard Mankiest (anag.) Model-maker’s light wood Milan’s La ___ opera house Music genre – ingrained dirt Mare / stag (anag.) Multiple songs in one Manchester’s Hallé or ABC Sinfonia, e.g. Murder on the Orient Express actor Penélope Most common coffee bean Map’s explanatory matter Mustard ___; ___ of Paris Mountains – extend Musical with opening scenes in Buenos Aires Mound of drifted sand More pongy Mouth roof Metal drawn out to narrow flexible strand or thread Magistrates etc.