Evening Standard Cryptic – Mar 13 2018
Published in Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword. Tags: Africa, METRE, PINTA, PLUSH.
Evening Standard Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solutions – Mar 13 2018
| Clues | Answers |
| A somewhat shocking drink? | JAR |
| All night refreshment ? | SLEEP |
| Always ate out when it was hot | FEVERED |
| Annoyed when infested with rodents? | RATTY |
| Believes one is in touch? | FEELS |
| Bit of jargon used on the third of October | ARGOT |
| Bright boy | RAY |
| Buildings requiring a hundred new slates | CASTLES |
| Couldn’t you listen to him for a fiver? | TENOR |
| Derby, perhaps? | HAT |
| Fish eater digesting plaice at mid-morning | PELICAN |
| Follow the transcript of the trial | TRAIL |
| Gardener’s means of dislodging a worm out of the earth? | MOWER |
| He has some more in his own room, the devil! | DEMON |
| Horse with a saintly head | STEED |
| Hundreds of scent manufacturers | CENTS |
| In being on loan, half the team have a moan | LAMENT |
| Instrument used in early recordings | LYRE |
| Leander had her love | HERO |
| Measure just about half of it | METRE |
| More than a cuppa! | PINTA |
| Notably lacking sharpness or flatness | NATURAL |
| Old Bill’s traditional name, formally | ROBERT |
| Only embraces gym work, frankly | OPENLY |
| Run out and look around for a tin opener | PETER |
| She turns up in Northallerton | ELLA |
| Shout very audibly at Tony? | BLARE |
| Show dissatisfaction with a bad poem | MOPE |
| Smoky city? | HAVANA |
| Softer than velvet? That’s rich! | PLUSH |
| Supplied from the safe deposit | FED |
| That homely forename | JAMES |
| The less bright learner is in worse disarray | SLOWER |
| They afflict people much more than ague | PLAGUES |
| They’re apt to have their variations | THEMES |
| To end the fight for a cause in criminal! | TREASON |
| To live with a goddess will only be bewildering! | BEMUSE |
| Too much juice will melt them | FUSES |
| Toothy girl? | PEGGY |
| Undertake to get into gear? | ENGAGE |
| Units deployed in N. Africa | TUNIS |