The Telegraph – Cryptic – Apr 16 2018
Published in The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AGENT, EMPTYHANDED, London, MEGALITH, SCINTILLA, SCRABBLE, STRAFE.
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| 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 |