Clues Answers Appearance, view ASPECT Belonging to the outside EXTERNAL Clears with a brush SWEEPS Company of clowns and acrobats CIRCUS Convicts, inmates PRISONERS Covered entrance to a building PORCH Decorate a cake ICE Dublin dish CODDLE Exactly, rigidly STRICTLY Freight of ship, plane or truck CARGO Head gesture NOD Informal or nonchalant CASUAL It’s […]
Clues Answers 26 down, say, holding Joe up in Havana? CIGAR 3 for Roman healer SALVE Angry outburst from one stuck in traffic TIRADE Attentive dealer taking part ALERT Beginners from Oxford University set off in boat OUTRIGGER Cast is so grand for directors ROADSIGNS Central bank supporting false medicine man SHAMAN Clutch component, say, […]
Clues Answers A vessel not properly closed? AJAR About to go to Scottish island as one out of the rat race? RETIREE Agent wants old books put in new container REPOT Artist sitting on bank on very few occasions RARELY Bring an end to anger through teasing WINDUP Colleague in middle of room keeping very […]
Clues Answers A basic requirement of ne’er-do-well dismissing Orwell NEED A measure of the appropriate speed of container going over motorway is key TIMING All that remains of a type of aluminium material wrapped around ship FOSSIL Cracking up on the way out keeping tabs on leaders, kings and queens, for instance GOINGTOPIECES Deciding never […]
Clues Answers A major employer fires them for hitting targets at a demonstration? MISSILES Allow cook to prepare starter in batter WALLOP Characters travelling around in double decker? I’ll give you that! CEDE Close one’s eyes to gesture from old party NODOFF Comes a cropper on course as has failed to follow LOSESTRACK Courses in […]
Clues Answers About 3,500,000 square miles of Africa SAHARA Attacker ASSAILANT Beginning ONSET Blue-blooded NOBLE City not built in a day ROME Fine net fabric TULLE Finished CONCLUDED Gas __ light NEON Head (slang) __ be a slacker LOAF Like a dead parrot? NOMORE Mexican state __ breed of dog CHIHUAHUA Native wit NOUS Postgraduate […]
The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 8054 Clues Answers Capital of Albania TIRANA Colour, shade HUE Easy going person PUSSYCAT Eg, 1996, 2019 calendar years Enormous HUGE Extravagant publicity HYPE Fretted; was discontented REPINED Fundamental BASIC Hushed speaker WHISPERER Jewish scholar RABBI Lasting forever AGELESS Mid-morning snack ELEVENSES Noble EARL Not allowed impermissible […]
Clues Answers Adam and Ray from Steelyard ELDEST Arabian removes museum from summer house HORSE Authentic local single carpet is engineered to allow it conform with the standards LEGITIMATISE Casts a shadow over Dante’s ending in The Inferno SHADES Central to faux Ottoman novel by an unemotional type AUTOMATON Confident and stylish type making first […]
Clues Answers Animals raised for meat CATTLE Annoying or boring IRKSOME Besides, in addition MOREOVER Boil with anger SEETHE Boots and shoes FOOTWEAR Branch of mathematics using letters ALGEBRA Came into possession of OBTAINED Candelabra used during Hanukkah festivals MENORAHS Considered in proportion to something else RELATIVE Control, direct, run MANAGE Demand firmly INSIST Empty, […]
Clues Answers A feather in one’s cap finishing off claret PLUM Bit of a yarn about football is close to the bone LIGAMENT Both sides of the peppered steak for one of the widows going on ahead? PEAK Call over copper from America offering method of reasoning CALCULUS Couple of views in The Observer? EYEWITNESS […]
Clues Answers Africa’s highest mountain KILIMANJARO Afrikaans speaker BOER Arousing sexual desire EROTIC Bullfighter MATADOR Court sport TENNIS Draftee CONSCRIPT Dry brandy from south-west France ARMAGNAC European sea BALTIC Give sworn evidence ATTEST Ham it up OVERACT Huge IMMENSE Male witch WARLOCK Marvel WONDER Medieval association of merchants GUILD Menacing animal sound GROWL Old smuggler’s […]
Clues Answers ‘Ah, makes sense’ ISEE ‘Ali ___ and the 40 Thieves’ BABA ‘Come again?’ HUH ‘How fortunate for us!’ WEREINLUCK ‘Is it O.K., mom?’ CANI ‘Later, amigo!’ ADIOS ‘Quit wasting time!’ GETBUSY ‘That’s enough!’ STOP ‘You ___ Beautiful’ (Joe Cocker hit) ARESO ‘___ your piehole!’ SHUT Abba of Israel EBAN Adventurous journey QUEST Airport […]