The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27049 May 28 2018

The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27049

Clues	Answers
Academic stumbled over words at the outset	FELLOW
Advertise cut of steak in Tweets regularly	TRUMPET
Artist briefly pens label for pictures	MONTAGE
Assume worker will swallow yellow linctus	EXPECTORANT
Bank introducing easy loans from the outset? Nonsense	DOGGEREL
Beach souvenir girl left, eaten by marine creature	sea shell
Beyond bend German river turns, skirting northern region that’s unknown?	pastures new
Boat that’s unwieldy however capsizes	TUB
Brave chap guarding borders of Thebes	GUTSY
Christian group having variable influence	SAY
Cook first portions of beef rib with alternative to lard?	BROIL
Definitely a period of nine months?	YEA
Displaying top-quality jewellery item	AIRING
Face punishment, omitting initial on census	COUNTENANCE
Finish series of festivities, principally	round off
Francophile presumably mentioned plant growth	Gallnut

Clues	Answers
Hardly our French friend	not really
Here’s what I think about former style of painting	IMPASTO
Large antelope chasing mammal over plateau	TABLELAND
Look carefully at what makes a typical Tory?	CONTEMPLATE
Met doctor on train	ran into
Not many are inclined to shelter on coast	FREEWHEEL
Portion of feta’s typically pleasing to the palate	TASTY
Promiscuous woman rebuffed by theatre luvvies?	SLAPPER
Provide drink before journey regularly	SUPPLY
Series of books kept by coppers showing future promise?	POTENCE
Street urchin playin’ for money	GAMIN
Trains do crash in part of arch	INTRADOS
Tussle fixing plug? Tool needed	BRADAWL
Unqualified, one abandons English course	ENTREE
Upper-class female in pin-up	GEL
Wincing a bit during lively dance	FLINCHING