The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27020
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Backslapping woman with little bottle | JOVIAL |
| Bovine creature young kids raised | STOT |
| Building material this person included in first catalogue | LIMESTONE |
| Carrier having legal proceedings connected to diamonds, perhaps | SUITCASE |
| Charming lass’s last gains | WINNINGS |
| Clamouring for ropes in stormy ocean tracts | roaring forties |
| Determining age of a metal key found by 007 beside vehicle | carbon dating |
| Distribute notes on drama, turning out article for nothing | DEPLOY |
| Early Christian confusing to a sinner | NESTORIAN |
| Fish one consumed as main ingredient | BASIS |
| Flyer exulted so vocally, welcoming young male castaway | robinson crusoe |
| Greek character curiously cites it as over-godly | PIETISTIC |
| Instinctive feelings exist between woman and son | VIBES |
| Instrument identified by man in Church Army | CELESTA |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Labour leader takes direction — the bare minimum! | LEAST |
| Like Tyneside woman uncompromising about article? | north-eastern |
| Like Virgil’s works, say, noble and detailed | AUGUSTAN |
| Part of system protecting casual worker | TEMP |
| Petulant medic imbibing spirit before close of party | GRUMPY |
| Pulverised earth | GROUND |
| Released at one, reversing it in the centre | UNTIED |
| Shame about limits of grass in animal enclosure | PIGSTY |
| Sphere of activity of one dipping into a French poem? | UNIVERSE |
| Surgical procedure overcoming twitching of the eye | OPTIC |
| Violently beat son in heretic’s garment | SANBENITO |
| Walk round pub hosting end of international summit | PINNACLE |
| Way informer turned up, trapping quiet family member | STEPSON |
| Yorkshire fellow originally delivering drinks to crew | DALESMAN |