The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27044 May 22 2018

The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27044

Clues	Answers
African yak, I see, finally extinct	GABONESE
Boisterously play piano coming to end of concert	ROMP
Briefly leaving the straight and narrow, girl finds joint	ASTRAGAL
Cheese pie dished up with corn, nothing more	PECORINO
Cockney’s own greeting	AVE
Coffee mugs filled with last of cointreau? Cheers!	ROBUSTA
Copper leads a training session with a Spanish team	CUADRILLA
Either way, it’s unacceptable	not on
Gets started? Writer might not, having this	OPENS
Handle dog well, but only intermittently	LABEL
I walk about on cold frozen area	ICECAP
Iron stuff in cupboard	PRESS
Italian family by the sea here in Cannes	MEDICI
Joyful leading lady’s part	GLAD
King Charles admitted wearing something regal	CROWNED
Less sober Greek character brought into line	TIPSIER

Clues	Answers
Mountain, terrible threat in early part of day	MATTERHORN
Musical artist and I perform song: scary!	hair-raising
My freedom’s under threat, for sure	ill be bound
One rejected university study, along with guy unsuited to academia?	ineducable
One who’ll eat and drink, briefly entertained by sister	SCOFFER
One with specific rights is stopping ambassador entering European country	FRANCHISEE
Overjoyed gun owners checked in record time	ENRAPT
Pastry confection that is soft on top	PIE
Publicity supporting Democrat backing British city	BRADFORD
Sweet, shortened version of French organ work after Rossini intro	lemon drop
Uniform Salvation Army made without padding	SAME
Vineyard owner on way back hurries at first to bar	NABOTH
What follows first of carriages on train?	CONSEQUENCE
Writer excising chapter one first of all	ECO
Writer’s article appearing in Standard, devoid of substance	SAND