Funny business – illicit love affair (5-5) Crossword Clue

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Funny business – illicit love affair (5-5) Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

AFFAIR (noun)
1. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
2. a vaguely specified concern
BUSINESS (noun)
1. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
2. incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect

More The Guardian Quick Crossword (5/11/2026) Answers

Across

1. Cover, sheet or jacket

3. Likely to irritate or offend

8. Weather-wise, it’s often a cock

9. Possibly cardigans or pullovers

11. Worn thin; old and shabby

14. New pupils

15. Japanese emperor in a comic opera

17. Make superfine distinctions

20. Living animal or plant

21. E Asian boat – with 18d it’s not good for you

22. Irish-associated ballad set to Londonderry Air

23. Inert gas

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Down

1. Woodworking joint – feathered end?

2. Spanish Miss

4. AKA pygmy chimpanzee

5. Thin chocolate mint – nine?

6. Notion

7. Receptacles for buds?

12. Freedom from restraint

13. Ranks foe (anag) – abandoned or deserted

16. Utter shambles

18. Nourishment

19. Gone (anag) – type of melon

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