The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 26998 March 29 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ARIES, CUBAN, France, Germany, Italy, PARVENU, SHORTLIST, Switzerland.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 26998
| Clues |
Answers |
| Almost completely flat-chested? These can puff out clothes |
BUSTLES |
| Apple seed, something sharp at one end |
PIPPIN |
| Arab female, wife discarded on island |
OMANI |
| Bit of seed or stone found in meal |
TESTA |
| Criticism about goddess, mostly seen as an upstart |
PARVENU |
| Earthy substance is better than greasy one |
TOPSOIL |
| Flowers making Easter so special |
tea roses |
| Foreign characters overthrowing country, wasting little time |
ETAS |
| Gong unexciting, inadequate with echo |
tam-tam |
| Good dog snatching length of cloth — one anxious to please |
GROVELLER |
| In St Martin, going about, see one helping another |
MINISTRANT |
| Instinctive behaviour something that Dr Jekyll acquired? |
second nature |
| Legendary weapon no longer having quality, we hear |
EXCALIBUR |
| Like an identifying word and number given to female learner |
NOUNAL |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Men coming in wept, losing energy before a beastly fight |
CORRIDA |
| Mostly old T-shirts not right for candidates being interviewed? |
SHORTLIST |
| One has money, foolishly beginning to squander great riches |
cash register |
| One taking stock of fine tune |
goods train |
| Petitions between meetings being read out |
intercessions |
| Rearrange restaurant furniture maybe to secure competitive advantage |
turn the tables |
| Reluctant to declare — side lacking guts |
AVERSE |
| Rising opera company has deserted Latin |
CUBAN |
| Shelter protecting maiden, courageous explorer |
HUMBOLDT |
| Stars in decay, about to be got rid of |
ARIES |
| Unrobe us, after adjusting cloak |
burnouse |
| Vehicle heading off with wine — one carrying holiday supplies? |
RUCKSACK |
| What delegate did in place is recorded in legal document |
DEPUTISED |
| Woman in physical game losing heart |
RUBY |