The Telegraph – Cryptic – Jun 18 2018
Published in The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AGREED, FORGIVING, HERITAGE, INSECURE, OVERDO, PHARISEE, Spain, THRIVE.
| Clues |
Answers |
| A sin? Yes! |
AGREED |
| Anxious batting certain to entertain most of ECB |
INSECURE |
| Avoid US state borders having gone east |
EVADE |
| Be quick when one leaves naturalist’s ship |
BEAGLE |
| Beef’s good and ready to eat |
GRIPE |
| Challenge laid out in front of you in black and white? |
CROSSWORD |
| City’s angriest criminal |
TANGIERS |
| Completely spotless? |
CLEAN |
| Costing nothing, like used batteries? |
FREEOFCHARGE |
| Cross game |
BRIDGE |
| Cut directors in sign of officialdom |
CLIPBOARD |
| Doctor’s wise to conserve energy for horse-riding competition |
DRESSAGE |
| Exaggerate where hat might be found? |
OVERDO |
| Flight approaching landing? |
STAIR |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Husband invested in capital with two Europeans? Hypocrite! |
PHARISEE |
| In favour of charity, being magnanimous |
FORGIVING |
| Jeopardise peacekeeper’s advice? |
ENDANGER |
| Leader upset Euro MPs |
SUPREMO |
| Make headway in smooth rivers |
THRIVE |
| Mike will leave retreat to find birthright |
HERITAGE |
| Miserable kind of shame? |
CRYING |
| Rewritten horror finds a leading man |
HARRISONFORD |
| Scratch plain material |
CASHMERE |
| Sense rage damaged enthusiasm |
EAGERNESS |
| Simplicity of running event crossing A1 |
NAIVETE |
| Sturdy — or, on reflection, broken? |
ROBUST |
| Train in Spain with Shearer playing up front |
REHEARSE |
| Withdraw notice, accepting month in retirement |
SECEDE |