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.
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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 |