The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2023 05 14

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Clue	Answer
(Horse) kept for breeding	STUD
AGITATE	STIR
CLOSE AT HAND	IMMINENT
COLOSSAL	TITANIC
CONVALESCENCE	RECOVERY
CRUSTACEAN	CRAB
GAINSAY	DENY
Injure, mutilate	MAIM
Lack, scarcity	DEARTH
Miserliness	AVARICE
OCCUPIED	BUSY
Participant in computer pastimes	GAMER
Piled-up work	BACKLOG
PLEASANT-SMELLING	AROMATIC
PRECARIOUS	ONTHINICE
Prerequisite, necessity	DESIDERATUM
REPROVE	ADMONISH
RETINUE	ENTOURAGE
SOLEMN PLEDGE	OATH
SO BE IT	AMEN
RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE	NEMESIS
SACRED BOOK OF ISLAM	KORAN
TV light entertainment	SITCOM