The Telegraph – Toughie – Jul 17 2018
Published in The Telegraph Toughie Crossword. Tags: ADDERS, ATONED, BLACKEYE, ETON, LEGALCOSTS, STALLION, WINNOWED, WRITINGS.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Abet. Be expelled. Having done wrong, repented |
ATONED |
| Are early settlers |
PREPAY |
| Areas of factual writing |
REALMS |
| Can’t be frozen. That’s obvious |
NOTICEABLE |
| Choose one in twelve. It’s mandatory |
NOOPTION |
| Cruel people should be kept outside area |
MEAN |
| Cut one of two pages out and tore to pieces |
SNIPED |
| Did work on the farm — we had traps in now |
WINNOWED |
| Distance I left myself to cover |
MILE |
| Engaged plethora of actors for film. Dull |
OVERCAST |
| Food, alas, upset diners — no stomach for it |
SALADS |
| Gracious! Half that is sheer fiction |
MYTH |
| In a word, though there’s been a volte face, nothing’s changed |
PALINDROME |
| In day by day personal fight, going south |
DOWNWARD |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Inessential, having crossed the Channel |
DETROP |
| It’s about protecting everyone riding a horse |
STALLION |
| One will come up after fight and be taking minion into custody |
BLACKEYE |
| Over and over disheartened minister |
PASTOR |
| Price of a suit? |
LEGALCOSTS |
| Pronounced groundbreaker in German music |
LIEDER |
| Seismic activity in epicentre more evident |
TREMOR |
| Silly dare — break in, getting apprehended by police |
ARRESTED |
| Squeezes casing … it works |
WRITINGS |
| Still hiding, very upset |
INVERT |
| Take up music in school |
ETON |
| They reckon we may not see them hiding in the grass |
ADDERS |
| Why work out? |
REASON |
| Whyever set off before it’s all over? |
EVERYWHERE |