The Times – Cryptic – March 8 2018

The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1043

Clues	Answers
A family saying arising with northern Turkish	OTTOMAN
Able to remember role of landlord? Exactly right	letter-perfect
Bad poetry on poster, perhaps	ADVERSE
Cat good catching mice and weasel finally	FELINE
Causing anxiety decades before EU’s beginning	TENSE
Claw used in some brutal onslaught	TALON
Cross that is large breed of dog	SPANIEL
Cruel person’s beheaded river mammal	OTTER
Do peers meet to get involved in gauge for HS2?	SPEEDOMETER
Drive to discourage people on motorway	DETERMINATION
Get rotten referee in place years	PUTREFY
Military call always recalled unwell European	REVEILLE

Clues	Answers
Missing light vessel to east of delta	DARK
Missionary has job cutting beer	APOSTLE
Nicely stranded in base invaded by sudden attack	BRAIDED
Number furious to see traveller	NOMAD
One who inherits after time what’s belonging to them	THEIR
Precise English — Times to take action	EXACT
Rebroadcast programme about natural fuel	REPEAT
Run found in woven tussore garment	TROUSERS
Second favourite reversed dance movement	STEP
Some cube numbers can be dull	BENUMB
Sound continuously from rarer bee vet treated	REVERBERATE
Tastelessly loud supporter’s disheartened, say	BRASSY