The Guardian - Quick crossword No 15,970 - Jul 14 2021

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Clues Answers
Bitter in taste — harsh in tone ACERBIC
Careless SLAPHAPPY
Continuous horizontal grey cloud STRATUS
Harass BESET
Help ASSIST
Immediate — second INSTANT
Keep an eye on MONITOR
Kind of purple colour AMETHYST
Large black diving duck SCOTER
Long hard march TREK
Military helmet (informal) TINHAT
Native American chief supposed to have had a lover called Minnehaha (Laughing Water) HIAWATHA
Nonsense HOOEY
Clues Answers
Particular PICKY
Posted SENT
Pre-decimal 2 shilling coin FLORIN
Put the phone down HANGUP
Rearrangement of letters to form a new word ANAGRAM
Relating to Jesus' 12 chief disciples APOSTOLIC
Small ape GIBBON
Surface swimmer's tube SNORKEL
Temple built as a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof PAGODA
Type of shed LEANTO
Under BELOW
Use of an inappropriate, though similar-sounding, word MALAPROPISM