The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 29,044 – May 7 2019
Published in The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword. Tags: COSMONAUT, LEADS, PUSH, TEACHERS.
Clues | Answers |
Cats perhaps calm us, I suspect | MUSICAL |
Copper infiltrating ring at zero risk, initially __ this should provide some answers | CALCULATOR |
Doctor lied: lump __ it grew | Multiplied |
Drew attention to small pudding turning up | STRESSED |
Employ a layabout? Only partly true | LOYAL |
Exercise, we hear, for sheep | EWES |
Fancy __ and clever, too | LIKEWISE |
Feel the MPs are worried about nothing | ATMOSPHERE |
Lieutenant in complete retreat | SHELTER |
Lord bagging a bird __ last from close range | LATITUDE |
Made chap uniform with fur __ cadet’s staggered | MANUFACTURED |
Mother left with diamonds, creating animosity | MALICE |
Mum is upset ahead of religious period | SILENT |
Not out to stop the Queen getting fitter | INSTALLER |
Old tree likely hollow | ELDERLY |
Possible result of cracking nut | CONCUSSION |
Pretty loud song | FAIR |
Rag worker lying in grot I’d earlier picked up | EDITOR |
Remarkably fun to avoid following American university friend | UNUSUALLY |
Rheas, etc., moving beaks? | TEACHERS |
Russian who’s out of this world? | COSMONAUT |
Saw indeed cutting pipe | SAYING |
Second animal is hit with end of bat | ASSISTANT |
Son with sexy photograph | SHOT |
Spells words | TERMS |
Splendid headgear __ almost everyone is after it | CAPITAL |
Start cooking cod __ I turn it over before noon | INTRODUCTION |
The first lady not to miss old horse-riding competition | EVENT |
Urge husband to drink up | PUSH |
What Prime Minister does __ begs quietly to leave | LEADS |