The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,409 - Dec 9 2022

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Altered (anag) — foot-operated pedal TREADLE
Big-time nark SUPERGRASS
Bottom of the boat BILGE
Cared for NURTURED
Drugged state NARCOSIS
Greek dish of grilled lamb on a skewer SOUVLAKI
Hush-hush SECRET
Implied, though not expressed TACIT
Metal bars used in grilling (which can get locked) GRID
Older but (anag) — in some distress TROUBLED
Personal SUBJECTIVE
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Pocket TROUSER
Prepared (the table or a trap?) LAID
Sad to say UNFORTUNATELY
Setting for Homer's Iliad TROY
Someone born a while ago (informal) OLDIE
Someone who saves? RESCUER
Source of excitement TURNON
The power of water? HYDROELECTRIC
The sound of thunder? CLAP
This evening TONIGHT
___ Shearer, Canadian-American actress, d, 1983 NORMA