The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 26984 March 13 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: APSE, EUCALYPT, FRIPPERY, YOGHURT.
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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 |