The Telegraph – Cryptic – Apr 16 2018
Published in The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AGENT, EMPTYHANDED, London, MEGALITH, SCINTILLA, SCRABBLE, STRAFE.
| Clues |
Answers |
| A university bags retiring writer |
AUSTEN |
| Attack part of latest RAF effort |
STRAFE |
| Be with artist breaking tiles in church |
BIRETTAS |
| Cheer European and others on the way up |
ELATE |
| Clean finished? |
WASHEDUP |
| Cleric short of work wears precious stone that’s worthless |
RUBBISHY |
| Complaint about parking left anger |
DISPLEASE |
| Crowd supports occasionally sick game |
SCRABBLE |
| Deny temp had worked without reward |
EMPTYHANDED |
| Discourage fellow cleaner |
DETERGENT |
| Fighting in Bill’s honour |
AWARD |
| Imagine being before nurse |
PRETEND |
| Instruction to ignore Beatles song |
LETITBE |
| Jump to follow cool modern music style |
HIPHOP |
| Leave part of London when husband’s promoted |
SHOO |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Leaves time for bed? |
LIGHTSOUT |
| Make old books for spy |
AGENT |
| Phone system’s temporary, the second one replaced by company |
INTERCOM |
| Plot scam with father to seize power |
CONSPIRE |
| Private dance, silent, moving |
CLANDESTINE |
| Problem children |
ISSUE |
| Reportedly shout verse that’s scanned |
BARCODE |
| Risk losing daughter’s needle |
ANGER |
| See ‘The Sixth Sense’ on YouTube initially |
ESPY |
| Select a fancy keyboard |
CELESTA |
| Shouts of encouragement about good looks |
OGLES |
| Stone married English girl, then engineered hit |
MEGALITH |
| Trace audible fault with steering mechanism |
SCINTILLA |
| Upset after performance one’s created |
ARTEFACT |
| Wrongly arrest existentialist |
SARTRE |