Tag: Greece
- The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,919 – Sep 6 2019 ()
Clues Answers Bag drink, rest bottled SNAPUP Business in this place, form a close association COHERE Climbing plant collected by book group that’s very small TWOSOME Concerned with check holding trial up, heading for gaol REGARDING Conscious: put in prison, might you say? DELIBERATE Discharge engineers rescued by division SECRETION Dog lead POINTER Endlessly extract […]
- The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1425 August 26 2019 ()
The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1425 Clues Answers A pudding for Miss Bronte? CHARLOTTE At around one, cooked pie in Asian capital TAIPEI At last expectant ambassador gets thank you letter from Greece THETA Australian unit making gas OZONE Came to after Papa gave sermon PREACHED Communication from solicitor? begging letter […]
- The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,879 – Jul 21 2019 ()
Clues Answers An abundance of beatings LASHINGS Avoid responsibility for policeman being dismissed COPOUT Bring up empty envelope? Gold coin is inside EDUCATE Compel to join group of journalists PRESSGANG Dish first cooked on railway STIRFRY Disreputable motor yacht on the water SEAMY Drama not rehearsed without planning ATRANDOM Elegant writer’s catalogue for pig farmer? […]
- The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 8009 July 5 2019 ()
The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 8009 Clues Answers Cautious distrust SUSPICION Chemically inactive INERT Consumes uses up Every seven days WEEKLY Goodbye ADIEU Lacking determination PUSILLANIMOUS Liquidised fruit/veg PUREE Long solo speech MONOLOGUE Low points MINIMA Moose ELK Move about stealthily PROWL Overtake OUTSTRIP Receive GET Religious conviction BELIEF Sea between Greece […]
- The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,835 – May 30 2019 ()
Clues Answers Articulate Presbyterian leader strikes KNOCKS British introduced to articles from Greece, perhaps THEBAN Buff beauty in ballet NUTCRACKER Colonnade attaches to Athenian houses STOA Crazed genius’s heart controlled by tablet, perhaps? MANIC Cricketer right to go, unfortunately run is declined to the frustration of the present opener? BATTERIESNOT Directive almost involving Reagan trimmed […]
- Irish Times (Crosaire) – May 27 2019 ()
Clues Answers American college upset nevertheless over 1,000 going to university everyone says is in middle of nowhere TIMBUKTU At the top of the queue for a speedy exit with old stock sold ahead of the rest FIRSTINFIRSTOUT Cases with no handle in Bangladesh BAGS Charles Dickens checks out character synonymous with Christmas? ISLANDER Circle […]
- The Sun – Two Speed – May 22 2019 ()
Clues Answers Accurate EXACT City guides on the radio LEEDS Descent from unstable pier edge PEDIGREE Desire for wealth almost upset EC country GREECE Determined RESOLUTE Dialect unintelligible in urban fortress CITADEL Disliked UNPOPULAR Dreadful pun our pal hated UNPOPULAR European nation GREECE Existed once WAS Fighting ship man-of-war Fleeting craze FAD Flower came up […]
- The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,823 – May 16 2019 ()
Clues Answers Bar beginning to rock, joint almost back in mood TOBLERONE Bar supporting bridge venture? FORBID Bar where XXXX’s brewed Dutch settler drinks BOOZER Barry, it could be said, appears difficult STICKY Buttocks finally scratched by short Middle Eastern woman famous for modelling TUSSAUD Drifter on bar, overly sensitive type SNOWFLAKE Elastic band found […]
- The Guardian – Quick crossword No 15,296 – May 16 2019 ()
Clues Answers Boundless INFINITE Card game CANASTA Coarse file RASP Device for sending or receiving signals AERIAL Display SHOW Ecstasy __ toenail (anag) ELATION Espied SEEN Frozen water sport ICESKATING Greats (anag) __ Italian liqueur STREGA Gumption __ feeling SENSE Indonesian island __ programming language JAVA Nasty UNPLEASANT Nice try, NHS (anag) __ highly poisonous […]
- The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 7962 May 11 2019 ()
The Times – Concise – Times Concise No 7962 Clues Answers Area of folded rock strata ISOCLINE Arrange for a full band ORCHESTRATE At altitude HIGH Ballroom dance RUMBA Betrayal of one’s country TREASON Dish of egg and raw meat steak tartare Facial feature NOSE Family member RELATION Front of an aerofoil leading edge Greek […]
- The Telegraph – TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,217 – April 25 2019 ()
Clues Answers Appetite lacking in second half, Rovers after comeback beginning to attack rivals? VORACITY Bank lacking power to respond RELY Blow repair DARN Caribbean island opposed to bird droppings withdrawing objection ANTIGUA Change old nappy where daughter’s left brilliant array PANOPLY Content I censor’s held to act like clickbait ENTICE Depraved band from which […]
- Irish Times (Crosaire) – April 3 2019 ()
Clues Answers Americans dismiss sin of film producer? CAMERA Early man is a bundle of joy BABY Endless cloud off island bordering Mississippi? MISSOURI Expressing gratitude to engineer finding top part of the bomb around leads in vehicle EFFUSIVE Finishing beer in seedy bar, skinhead takes to the road DRIVES Found in residence in Munster […]