1 Frozen field that floats (4)
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Quick 17179 - 28 May 2025 - for the Guardian
Across
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Thou fumbler (anag) – imprecise but hopefully effective system (4,2,5)
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___ vera (4)
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Herb for chicken, vinegar etc (8)
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Most hopeful option (4,3)
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Fastidious (5)
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More competent (5)
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Like Indiana Jones or Sir Robin Day, accessory-wise (3-4)
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Monopoly property next to Jail with rhyming name (4,4)
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Follow – dog – end (4)
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Visually arresting (3-8)
Down
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Frozen field that floats (4)
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Like Beelzebub, facial hair-wise (7)
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Perfect, meteor or dust (5)
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Rails rut (anag) – one advocating country living (8)
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Kind of in-line skate (11)
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Practice of maintaining financial accounts (11)
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Chelsea FC nickname – US music genre (3,5)
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Whatever (food) happens to be available (3,4)
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Trite (5)
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Grasp – thin shoot (4)