The Telegraph – Cryptic – May 9 2018
Published in The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AMEND, BRIAR, EMIGRATE, EYESHOT, FORCE, Northern Ireland, SPITANDPOLISH.
| Clues |
Answers |
| ‘Ton’ that was once part of a county? |
HUNDRED |
| Beginning to collect bids for chests |
COFFERS |
| Boss of kitchen finishes early, admitting a problem |
HEADACHE |
| Disaffected foreigner on date getting confused |
ALIENATED |
| Egg producer’s embargo on eastern plant that’s poisonous |
HENBANE |
| Endless rancour, with European smartness |
SPITANDPOLISH |
| Excitement caused by whisky with a chaser? |
DRAMA |
| Expected to eat quietly, but jumped |
HOPPED |
| Fans of referendum among rejected children |
DEVOTEES |
| Flyers, for example, and engineers regularly failing in test |
EGRETS |
| Go in feeling jittery about other ranks in military unit |
FOREIGNLEGION |
| High season will be issue |
OFFSPRING |
| Improve notice when employing workers |
AMEND |
| In cold wind leaves get smaller |
DWINDLE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Lazy, and lacking a work pattern |
SHIFTLESS |
| Leave the country for golf in Dubai, say |
EMIGRATE |
| Loved changes with capital for sports venue |
VELODROME |
| Organs stolen may be visible within this |
EYESHOT |
| Person who goes over fault with unprotected work |
DEFECTOR |
| Pipe or rail oddly found in pub |
BRIAR |
| Pressure exerted on behalf of the church |
FORCE |
| Prisoner joined out of order |
CONFUSED |
| Rejection of trade across Northern Ireland |
DENIAL |
| Remains with mineral deposit on dry land |
ASHORE |
| Run in hose — it’s needed by firemen |
LADDER |
| Scrapes part of sleeve in case of shingles |
SCUFFS |
| Under an obligation, actually accepting telephone company |
INDEBTED |
| Work on outsize problem for an animal |
OPOSSUM |