| 20 answers for: Hostile feeling, or an antonym of the word formed ... |
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| RANK | ANSWER | CLUE |
| ANIMOSITY | Hostile feeling, or an antonym of the word formed by letters 1, 4, 7, 8 and 9 |
| WONDERFUL | Magnificent, or an antonym of the word formed by letters 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 and 9 |
| FABRICATION | Lie, or an antonym of the word formed by letters 1, 2, 6 and 8 |
| FEASTS | Has a big meal, or an antonym of the word formed by letters 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 |
| SABBATHBREAKING | Sword protects leader of Boston Spa from a chessman's breach of Rule 4 (7-8) |
| MIDDLEAGESPREAD | Fortysomething's woe, or this puzzle's theme (see letters 7, 8 and 9) |
| DISENTANGLING | Untwisting, as a cord (In this answer, note letters 1, 4, 7 and 10) |
| SOFTSHELLCLAM | Mollusk popular in New England (... letters 1, 4, 7, 12 and 13) |
| VESSEL | A bowl, cask, jar, pan, pot, pitcher or other domestic utensil designed as a receptacle; a large boat or ship; or, in its biblical sense, a person regarded as a container of feelings or an embodiment |
| BADBLOOD | Colloquial expression for hostile feeling or resentment (3,5) |
| JANE | And 23 Across Actress who played Solitaire in 9 & 1 (4, 7) |
| COVERT | Secret, or an antonym of the word formed by letters 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 |
| PARTYDOWN | Really revel ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters |
| SPREADTHEWEALTH | Redistributionist's catchphrase ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters |
| ANAGRAM | Word formed by letters of another (7) |
| THEBALLAD | and 8 and 9 "Lo and behold, a trifle gaga" (anag) - poem by 20 (3,6,2,7,4) |
| PASCOE | Host of series 8 and 9 of The Great British Sewing Bee (4,6) |
| SARA | Host of series 8 and 9 of The Great British Sewing Bee (4,6) |
| OCCIDENT | The western part of the world; antonym of the Orient (8) |
| ACROSTIC | Word formed by initial letters of lines of verse (8) |
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