The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,143 - Feb 2 2022

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A Passage to ___ , 1924 EM Forster novel INDIA
Adjust an instrument or vehicle TUNEUP
Badly-behaved youngster BRAT
Blood-sucking member of the spider family TICK
Boat operators FERRYMEN
Calumny SLANDER
Closest possible finish DEADHEAT
Illness that killed John Keats and George Orwell TUBERCULOSIS
In the vanguard LEADING
Killed — a large number SLEW
Moment (informal) JIFF
No matter who ANYONE
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Not talkative TACITURN
Outdoor shoe with a perforated pattern in the leather BROGUE
Palaver CARRYON
Past the stipulated time OVERDUE
Permission LEAVE
Powder from ground pods used as a chocolate substitute CAROB
Puts instruments and dials back to zero RESETS
Roundish male (anag) — not eating properly MALNOURISHED
Spa treatment? HYDROTHERAPY
Spur to action STIMULUS
Subject to UNDER
Unharmed SAFEANDSOUND