The Telegraph – Cryptic – Jul 26 2018
Published in The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword. Tags: Brad Pitt, DUCKLING, ESTIMATION, INNUENDO, MALL, NARRATOR, TEACHING, TRANSVERSE.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Bar nothing welcoming naughty nude suggestion |
INNUENDO |
| Brad Pitt perhaps taking on female villain |
MALEFACTOR |
| Capital is new with fool’s gold |
NASSAU |
| Caught, gutted by disastrous run |
DIRECT |
| Cheers without rising for decoration |
TASSEL |
| Clear over story about Conservative grabbing member |
TENTACLE |
| Coal is unloaded for public |
SOCIAL |
| Delay following parking jam? |
PRESERVE |
| Dismal victory attempt |
WINTRY |
| Education after half-term’s suffering |
TEACHING |
| End of affaire, say, giving grounds |
ESTATE |
| Everyone supports motorway shopping centre |
MALL |
| Hand that’s good, holding spades |
FIST |
| Hazy, beginning to get wet |
GRAINY |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Headed over save, oddly, in short cross |
TRANSVERSE |
| Inclination to accept right result of 1 Down? |
LEARNING |
| Loathed embracing sweetheart with passion |
HEATED |
| Providing returns while facing company collapse |
FIASCO |
| Rabbit’s tail, small and trim |
SCUT |
| Reckoning on time, as it turned out |
ESTIMATION |
| Rejection of French love gripping man’s heart |
DENIAL |
| Rockers’ old ally delivering important equipment initially |
ROADIE |
| Security, for example, checking iron temperature |
SAFETY |
| Small bird diving around lake |
DUCKLING |
| Some tommyrot arranged to hold up storyteller |
NARRATOR |
| Strangely hesitant to accept American supporter |
ENTHUSIAST |
| Success assuming Queen generation’s legacy |
HERITAGE |
| Sweet herb |
MINT |