The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 26983
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Apartment suitable for the family taken by an Italian | PADUAN |
| Caught teacher of religion and head showing ill-temper | CRABBINESS |
| During holiday, Leonard and I head for ancient Spanish city | VALENCIA |
| Early showings of Falling In Love: mediocre movie | FILM |
| Food rating badly received | GRILLADE |
| Former driver about to leave Riviera town, heading north | SENNA |
| I smoke, holding nose to block out oxygen: that’s dangerous | INSECURE |
| Moroccan dish with name in English | TAGINE |
| Offal, small portion with top sliced off | LIVER |
| Promise man bread with this starter | COVENANT |
| Reminiscent of Morse’s last case | EVOCATIVE |
| Rovers team agreed to recruit players, right? | DONCASTER |
| Rush to have surgery on neck | GALLOP |
| Shop soiled? Not so, the reverse | DELI |
| Socialist mostly concerned with ceremony supporting left | LABOURITE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Start to swot a month before exam — that’s most clever | SMARTEST |
| Strait-laced journalist prepared to be fired | PRIMED |
| Such eggs a Dutch hen abandoned? | UNHATCHED |
| Suffering setback, boxer facing arrest and jail | bang up |
| Swimmer ultimately floundering: where is that wretched rescue vessel? | great white shark |
| Trouble crossing Peru, oddly, some time in spring | APRIL |
| Turkish city is on lake, we’re told | IZMIR |
| We’re told much-loved explorer does appear here | deer park |
| What might have enabled drivers to communicate, seeing road junction? | CARFAX |
| What’s very popular with oenophiles, principally? | VINO |
| Wild animal centre being spoken of | HART |
| Woman’s not affected by European Union till now | HEREUNTO |
| Workman indicted after pinching short length of material | CHARGEHAND |
| Writer’s problem with tyre: taxi firm called in | FLAUBERT |
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