Here are the answers to The Guardian – Quick Crossword puzzles Wednesday, June 15 2016.

Affirmative! – YES
Antagonist – OPPONENT

Book published every year – ANNUAL
Ceremonial – POMP
Change – ALTER
Clobber — lick – DRUB
Environmental science – ECOLOGY
Female character in The Importance of Being Ernest — optical device – PRISM
In prospect – LIKELY
Means of control – REINS
Medical specialists — is slumming, too (anag) – IMMUNOLOGISTS
Midriff – ABDOMEN

Mixed bag — rip up root (anag) – POTPOURRI
Mouth (slang) – GOB
Move along quickly and smoothly – SCUD
Ping’s regular partner? – PONG
Poet who wrote The Lady of Shalott – TENNYSON
Pompous in speech – GRANDILOQUENT
Poorly – UNWELL
Quarter of a circle – QUADRANT
Showy decoration – TINSEL
Single-reed straight-tubed instrument – CLARINET
Spread out — not angry! – UNCROSS
Strangled – THROTTLED
Swallowed – EATEN
Unnecessary and unforeseen trouble – BADLUCK