The Times – Cryptic – March 8 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: APRON, Kentish Town, PLAUSIBLE, REPARTEE.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 26980
| Clues |
Answers |
| Almost unrestricted speed in run |
OPERATE |
| Bit embarrassed evidently by second husband |
SHRED |
| Climbing pea’s tips concealed plant pest |
APHID |
| Devil that is heartless model for irreverence |
IMPIETY |
| Dreadful crustacean in river drained lake |
EXECRABLE |
| Drinkers drinking still in Kentish Town? |
SEVENOAKS |
| Edmund Crouchback say thrown in road by king |
LANCASTER |
| Fantastic doctor to close with thread over in A&E |
AWESOME |
| Fellow brought to court with daughter shivers |
MATCHWOOD |
| Foremost among minds that cracks cases? |
HOLMES |
| Glib learner in pub is transformed with ale |
PLAUSIBLE |
| Huge effort required to admit old prejudice |
BIGOTRY |
| Item with Oedipal strings attached? |
APRON |
| Loading at sea keeps ship in rapid passage |
GLISSANDO |
| Loveless pair become confused in silly talk |
TWADDLE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Message online and call from branch? |
TWEET |
| Old city has loyal citizens, in for exercise |
CONSTANTINOPLE |
| One readily turns extremist joining faction |
wing nut |
| Own silver on table at last |
AGREE |
| Rabble-rousing lacks initial impression |
EDITION |
| Revolutionary drink sweetheart uncovered? |
KIROV |
| Serve Republican British bitter |
ACERB |
| Silhouette’s one small horse breaking into dash |
EPONYM |
| Speech coming out of our mouth? |
estuary english |
| State in which a priest entertains a bishop |
ALABAMA |
| Storyteller sending up main work |
AESOP |
| Theatre skill doubled energy in comic dialogue |
REPARTEE |
| US writer and editor welcoming Kew grower |
Pokeweed |
| We weren’t first knights wicked pursuer’s trapped |
runners-up |
| We’re toast having rolled vehicle |
two-seater |