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 |