The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27027 May 2 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ADEPTLY, AVRIL, Europe, LOVER, LUM, MUSSEL, PRESENTATION.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27027
| Clues |
Answers |
| … because nobody rises in the morning |
FORENOON |
| Cancels fresh order of rolls right away in cheap eatery |
calls off |
| City no longer safe when leader is deposed |
EXETER |
| City’s to disappoint fans, are we told? |
TOULOUSE |
| Classmate? Precisely |
FORMALLY |
| Cleric visits cathedral city regularly |
EVENLY |
| Devout sort not half bleary after five religious books |
VOTARY |
| Familiar melody from opera company, French one |
theme tune |
| For instance, award winning item of pottery? |
egg cup |
| Free wild animal man had brought round about |
DETACH |
| Girl disconcerted rival |
AVRIL |
| Group siesta every other missed … |
SET |
| In courtyard, dislike new display |
PRESENTATION |
| Mostly the vicar seems distraught when his busy time begins? |
christmas eve |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Officer leading lots of people across lake in small boat |
CORACLE |
| One hundred — too old for treatment |
COVERAGE |
| Pamphleteer’s article about a month going round part of Europe |
thomas paine |
| Pantomime cat showing up thus in tights |
mother goose |
| Plug record on telly, regularly showing proficiency |
ADEPTLY |
| Quiet English officer in retro bar |
belt up |
| Repeatedly check gauge of railway for train |
choo-choo |
| Seafood and beef, you say? |
MUSSEL |
| Ship with loud speaker one disconnected |
WHALER |
| Smoker to think over giving up in the end |
LUM |
| Somewhat uplifted future volleyball fan |
LOVER |
| Tap part of body around start of this medical procedure |
patch test |
| Verger finally collected money after church service |
CEREMONY |
| Writer of articles about wine — European reds, principally |
REPORTER |