Letter O
Old Testament book or broadcaster Rantzen
Omani’s neighbour
One taking paces at dawn?
OK scourger (anag) AKA the ptarmigan
One making the calls
One of 40 in One Thousand and One Nights
Only in your mind
One who might say ‘Good dog!’
One unlikely to have a tin ear
Old fourpence coins
Omit – cavort
Obtaining – attractive
One often pickled in the pub
Old Spanish gold coin, used in American colonies
Out of the sea, onto the beach
One-eyed giant – Marvel Comics mutant superhero
Online searcher?
Of a payment on the house that’s on the house?
One, no more
Opposite of suspicious
Overcome – loss
One’s filled out
One’s least likely to win
One won’t settle
One could prove the rule
One hangs about aimlessly
One’s said to be extremely calm
One of the food groups
One of Batman’s signature accessories
Overspending
On a higher level
One’s used to taking orders
One’s badly behaved
One buys and sells
One foretells the future
Old dog of Odysseus – shop once known for its catalogues
One’s out of place
One of the ‘c’s in ‘cc’
One may hop with a pouch
Opening contests
Ocean home to the Falklands
One going through the agenda
One selling reams
One doing operations in theatre
One with a developed appreciation of the finer things
One kept in Zenda or Azkaban?
Oft duet it (anag) – customised (e.g. a building’s interior space)
One who disturbs the peace
One making a purchase
Opening in floor or ceiling
Organ, full or bus
Out-of-date, unoriginal
Owl or nose
One that may reveal all
Ocular bother
Oz skill in the wild
Oz marsupial
One-piece swimming costume
Old 10p
Op used (anag)
Orinoco or Wellington?
One commandeers a vehicle
Optician’s letters
One’s done a bunk
One’s on the way out
One-time humble pie ingredient
One wants what’s on offer
One allows people to have their say
One may be in arms
One has skeletons
Old-fashioned expression of dismay
Obstacle to negotiations
One of three men in a tub made these
One’s been sent somewhere safer
Open or close it to control the flow of a liquid or gas
Oracle location
On-screen translation
Opening act
Old tax
One with a pessimistic view of human nature
Optical aid – urban centre of the Pas-de-Calais coal basin
Old-fashioned jacket
One could be off or on
Old fools – drunkards
One filling the state coffers
Origin – England cricketer
Opening in a floor – kind of spider
One among those you might put out when curious
Oily dressing
Oi, listen!
One born during a period following WW2
Open the conversation – with a pick?
Open to gales etc
Oral – forthright
Or a grind (anag)
Officer in charge of funds
One of two in 15 across?
On-hand entertainer?
Order for unruly teenager
On-the-spot attempt?
One of ‘those’ is ‘ethos’
Opener and closer
Oz stagnant pool
One side of a triangle
Old gold or silver coin
Of a scheme promising easy earnings
One’s entitled to it
Old man’s underpants
One’s unpaid
Of doubtful authenticity
One’s entirely genuine – first
One’s not yet fully fledged
One’s particular about how things are done
Online advertisement
One sings in the stalls
One’s sometimes attached to a pet
One gives a mirror image
One may be awkward – or cool
Old-fashioned means of resolving a dispute
Officer’s assistant
Obscure or obstruct
Old-fashioned word meaning pretty or suitable
Offering good value for money
Old piece of news
Orator stirring up dangerous passions
On the air (anag.)
One who sleeps in the savannah (not the jungle of song)
Oxeye / Michaelmas flower
One performs part of the service but is not ordained
Old saying or proverb
One in celebrity’s top tier
One giving private lessons
One purporting to see the future
One was named for Edmund Halley
Once-common consultee regarding holidays
Ones using needle and thread
Oslo’s on one
One of the 12 chief disciples
Outer forearm bone
One used to strain
Oliver!’s Lionel
Ode on a Grecian Urn’s John
One making sensitive corporate information public
Our ___ friends
One who’s under canvas – more affected
Oil factory?
Onus (anag.)
Old light
Old master key – opus set apart (anag.)
One dining on humans
One refusing to strike
Of pre-digital timers
One connects computers to the internet
One’s on the payroll
One’s not a hit
Open it and see
One supplies – VIP order (anag)
One’s not yet an adult
One’s shot or thrown
One’s small fry
One provides services to other businesses
Oliver or Annie?
One may guarantee your whereabouts
One in two (chance)
One chews the cud
Odds and ends sold together
Obtaining money by intimidation
One who’s duped into doing something risky
One runs errands
One thinks the worst of everyone
One tells tales
One’s passed on
Old-fashioned sweeper
Orange-fleshed tropical fruit
Opposite of 13
Of characters, slanted
Opaque, often reddish gemstone
Often paved, outdoor area
One using a rod and a line
Office space allocated to workers in an ad hoc way
Old-fashioned expression meaning ‘cohabit without marrying’
Obsessive interest
Old, horse or water?
One’s not expected
One’s toast (informally)
One likes to be in charge
One has an independent existence
One may be first, second or third, grammatically
Outdoor swimming pool
Offensive, shocking
One may be educated – or lucky
One’s surprisingly successful
One’s not at all successful
Openly disobedient
Ornamental frills
Obligatory bet
One released from prison conditionally
One who’s paid their debt to society
Ornamental pendant
Outdoor festival
OT prophet whose vision in the Valley of Dry Bones inspired the song Dem Bones
Of the loin
Ouzo flavour
Outdated and untidy
One always mentioning celebrity friends
Owl mash (anag) – rule of electrical current
One loves taking risks
Olympian’s goal
One’s a fake
One’s attention-seeking
One’s furious when on it
One shuns society
One’s industrious
Old counting instrument
Oddball – singular
Overwhelming rise (of water)
On earth (anag.)
Oven sheets
Open (Merlot?)
Ovals (anag.)
Old song – very catchy?
Onesie
Old fossil
Ocular diaphragm
Old-fashioned word for ‘that’
Old Persian governor – Sparta (anag.)
One has no prospect of success
Organ associated with anger
One’s able to vote
One of Switzerland’s official languages
One’s getting on (a ship or aircraft)
One’s on the guest list
On the back of an animal
One’s usually clinging on
One dispenses drinks in a pub
One works on board
One points to how a situation will develop
One provides loans using personal possessions as security
One may start (or end) a quotation
Opportunity to air one’s views
One’s there but not involved
One’s committed an offence
One’s up early
Ontario’s capital city
Oast (anag.)
Odd-jobber
Of Greek gods
Old recreational drug
On the Med, e.g.
Over-the-shoulder carrier
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