The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 26984 March 13 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: APSE, EUCALYPT, FRIPPERY, YOGHURT.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 26984
Clues |
Answers |
Agent crossing railway line nimbly |
SPRYLY |
Be perfectly aware what’s short of water, do we hear? |
know full well |
Bovid mammal bound to be tied to stake |
ANTELOPE |
Characters entering for a Latin exam |
ORAL |
Church feature identified in downloads, so to speak |
APSE |
Curious thing about soft drink at bedtime |
NIGHTCAP |
English knight competed, being grudgingly admired |
ENVIED |
Graduate at Sorbonne who at first supported French underground |
MAQUIS |
Inferior to some quarters in spa city |
BENEATH |
Make an impression, and so on, with Head of History |
ETCH |
Not the condition of drunkard unknown to eat cheese? |
SOBRIETY |
Old lady sheltering a convict in Continental resort |
MALAGA |
One tearing into extremely fruity trifles? |
FRIPPERY |
One who employs asses regularly in ancient city |
USER |
Clues |
Answers |
Our new envoy foolishly crosses king — anything could happen! |
you never know |
Protestant, before initially singing some bits, rushed to invite one in |
PRESBYTERIAN |
Provide new community for theatre the Spanish writer set up |
REPEOPLE |
Reformed persons finally make comeback |
RESPONSE |
Sloth unknown in East, captured by young woman |
LAZINESS |
Supervised old archdeacon, suppressing language |
OVERSEEN |
Swaggering adventurer’s sister about to clean clasp |
SWASHBUCKLER |
This writer’s books about store, due out soon |
IMMINENT |
Time a girl embraces popular sovereign’s wife |
TSARINA |
Turn up with husband in tent, supplying healthy food |
YOGHURT |
Unusually apt clue covering Yankee oil producer |
EUCALYPT |
Uproar when brown bear traps leaders of large youth hostel |
BALLYHOO |
Words maybe associated with some fine gauzy fabric |
TIFFANY |
Work with men at old port |
ORATORIO |