The Telegraph – Cryptic – Oct 19 2018
Published in The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword. Tags: DAMAGING, LOUSIEST, MISO, TONGAN.
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Goody’ about to catch ‘baddy’ — they run at a moderate pace | TROTTERS |
| Add more liquid to pot, we deduce! | TOPUP |
| Business groups getting on, type retained by American agency | CONSORTIA |
| Cheers when a politician enters US city | TAMPA |
| Country fare for major festival | TURKEY |
| Embellish talk to be given at end of month | DECORATE |
| Fighter, happy one attending common soldiers | GLADIATOR |
| Help with a risky venture | ABET |
| Instrument used by Charpentier | HARP |
| Islander in trouble not turning up | TONGAN |
| Japanese ingredient is included by Maureen | MISO |
| Knowing about bar’s closing and opening | CRANNY |
| Lively soldier drowning in booze | AGILE |
| Major digital operator at ground level? | BIGTOE |
| Member of tribe about to get instruction in English language | CELT |
| Mum meeting someone in Glasgow? It’s supposed to be lucky | MASCOT |
| Old novelist in shed in the home counties | SHUTE |
| On the subject of business, the writer is lost for words | OVERCOME |
| Pig a man’s destroyed in one form of religion | PAGANISM |
| Places like Plymouth, Southampton, each involved in games | SEAPORTS |
| Scruffy kids, a lot I smartened somehow after short time | TATTERDEMALIONS |
| Terrible performer? Not a person taking charge | DIRECTOR |
| Tinge Monet conjured up for herbaceous plant | MIGNONETTE |
| To kill time, I acted strangely | ERADICATE |
| US chum needs to obtain sum of money allocated | BUDGET |
| Vibrancy of English boy in foreign country, blasting off loudly | RESONANCE |
| Well planned, albeit needing someone to promote business | THOUGHTOUT |
| What’s having detrimental effect on mother, getting old? | DAMAGING |
| Worst group for tackling tricky issue | LOUSIEST |