The Telegraph – Cryptic – Aug 8 2018
Published in The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ADHESIVES, AESTHETIC, ATLAS, BASIC, LURED, NOSED, TAXONOMIC, TURNTAIL.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Bad, if one turns out to be genuine |
BONAFIDE |
| Bar in Cricket Club records intellectual |
CLEVERCLOGS |
| Brown backed first person in such a colony |
NUDIST |
| Careless mistake with wearing shoes |
SLIPSHOD |
| Crucial — and Kitty has the last word, with story unfinished |
FUNDAMENTAL |
| Detected rising attitudes one shows |
NOSED |
| Dictionary (American) incorporating one page for this complex character |
OEDIPUS |
| Fail to be moved, finding means of salvation |
LIFEBOAT |
| Finally docked to get a book of charts |
ATLAS |
| Fundamental degree (intentionally so) |
BASIC |
| Go off with dog and escape |
TURNTAIL |
| Greek island area with small pastries |
SAMOSAS |
| Idle as credit gone |
TICKOVER |
| Infection prominent during past years |
STYE |
| Insult a naturopath, pinching eastern leader’s wife |
SULTANA |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Neat sign designed for perennials |
GENTIANS |
| Opening bars — popular with half of troops |
INTRO |
| Praises army officers after cut back |
EXALTS |
| Shows off apartments housing a Parisian |
FLAUNTS |
| Some drinks and a single shot |
ROUND |
| Suffering at home, with company |
INFIRM |
| Suggests prisoners should swallow note |
INTIMATES |
| Tacky substances he’s found in adult nightclubs |
ADHESIVES |
| Tasteful number without a name? |
AESTHETIC |
| Tempted, but left university looking embarrassed |
LURED |
| The sort of grouping that’s not expensive, with duty to replace European Commission |
TAXONOMIC |
| Tried very hard to wander, by the way |
STROVE |
| Warms up, removing top for food |
EATS |
| Weather that sees artist in decline |
RAINFALL |
| Weather when fish will take line and bite? |
COLDSNAP |