The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 201185 June 20 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ANTHEM, DUTIABLE, EXERCISE, Italy, LOMBARDY, SATEEN, South Sea Bubble.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 201185
| Clues |
Answers |
| A nice company formation — describes the South Sea Bubble |
OCEANIC |
| Better perhaps putting in duck’s eggs as part of the salad |
BEETROOT |
| Blouse damaged by dagger |
OBELUS |
| Body-binder of dressing material used outside sporting contest |
LIGAMENT |
| But inadequate cover for one in six hundred |
balaclava helmet |
| Curious getting £500 change? Absurd! |
LUDICROUS |
| Direction of take-off in this plane |
VERTICAL |
| Eg a TV play, or its players |
TELECAST |
| Enthusiast’s on the ball with this act |
fan dance |
| Fabric observed wrapped round a cat’s tail |
SATEEN |
| Flower birds turn up on river |
LARKSPUR |
| Flower of remembrance? This is so, to my embarrassment |
MYOSOTIS |
| London’s road protector |
CROMWELL |
| More than enough for a graduate — wicked! |
BASINFUL |
| Mrs Partington’s main opponent |
ATLANTIC |
| Clues |
Answers |
| National cause of uprising |
ANTHEM |
| Nothing terribly grand that is material |
ORGANDIE |
| Oriental one embraced the church in modern time |
EOCENE |
| Periodical shows unusual tact in prose composition |
SPECTATOR |
| Prohibit one including Italian singer |
BARITONE |
| Raising of troops that could reduce our capital |
LEVY |
| Resort in South Devon to drink |
BEER |
| Set apart one the sun-god consumed |
ISOLATE |
| Snug his job — as an army recruit? |
JOINER |
| State is without a port |
CALAIS |
| Stretched the centre to full length and so on |
et cetera |
| Subject to ‘income’ tax? |
DUTIABLE |
| This book, Smith Minor, is not about physical training |
EXERCISE |
| This popular, if non-U part of Italy |
LOMBARDY |