The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 28,944 – January 10 2019
Published in The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword. Tags: London, MUSKRAT, RESONANCE, SHORTHAND.
| Clues | Answers |
| … bust of Nietzsche’s Trampedach! | CHEST |
| Absurd when one is followed by quite a few more | ASININE |
| Apparent poverty traps | OVERT |
| Attractive area — extremely quiet London region | APPEALING |
| Banking controller one suffering at work | AILERON |
| City diary ends in unforgettable poem | ECLOGUE |
| Cleaner has mop, shuffling round | SHAMPOO |
| Composer admitting small sin to French king | ROSSINI |
| Creature’s terrible noise round a lake | SEALION |
| Delay prisoner, holding up prison sentence? | TIMELAG |
| Dull film with cute alien in coppice | THICKET |
| Evil daughter has come in sozzled | DEMONIC |
| Force prisoners to exercise | CONSTRAIN |
| Fur essential covering chest over | MUSKRAT |
| Hidden clue here will be … | CRYPTIC |
| I love wearing stupid expression | IDIOM |
| Is obliged to interrupt gym period | PHASE |
| Marsupial has big problem crossing river | OPOSSUM |
| Mild mid-evening in days before Easter | LENIENT |
| Painter needs to chat girl up | RAPHAEL |
| Physicist caught following criminal raid | DIRAC |
| Rep tensed, relaxed, delivered pitch? | PRESENTED |
| Republican worried about man shot again? | RETAKEN |
| Resin down there in pouch | SHELLAC |
| Rock on radio for immature six-footer? | LARVA |
| Spectacle taking long time in food store | PAGEANTRY |
| Strong flavour before wrapping in citrus fruit | TANGERINE |
| Sullen, low and deplorably gutless | MOODY |
| This weave includes leaning lines primarily | TWILL |
| Understaffed editor dispensed with rapid writing | SHORTHAND |
| Vibration from terrible snore can start to echo | RESONANCE |
| Why lovers love scientific discipline? | CHEMISTRY |