The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,183 - Jan 5 2019

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(Of pasta) firm when eaten ALDENTE
Aggressive display of military force SABRERATTLING
Balm — ointment SALVE
Compared with BESIDE
Compass point EAST
Expressing love AMOROUS
Eye infections STYES
Festival after Lent EASTER
Flower BLOSSOM
Game on a green BOWLS
Intermediary GOBETWEEN
Large bottle MAGNUM
Nasal aperture NOSTRIL
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Offensive remarks INSULTS
Old stableman at an inn — sterol (anag) OSTLER
One who speaks excessively WINDBAG
Painstaking CONSCIENTIOUS
Proprietor OWNER
Rest REMAINDER
Shopping container TROLLEY
Six-stringed instrument GUITAR
Slices of bacon RASHERS
Sloping mass of loose rock SCREE
Small north Pacific salmon COHO
Trials — tribulations TESTS
Very unpleasant HORRID