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 |