The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27053 June 1 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AMOROUS, DISPROPORTION, EMPRESS, FLEECES, MESS, OBLIGES, PRESENTED, ROTISSERIE.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27053
Clues |
Answers |
Arrangements for action aborted, or left out |
order of battle |
Asian bands love ending with encore |
OBIS |
Belief one may be a source of litter? |
DOGMA |
Doctor stops neuralgic spasms |
plastic surgeon |
Does one hold up one who is late? |
pall-bearer |
Giving title to book and nine long works |
ENNOBLING |
Grasp tip of throw rug |
TWIG |
Henry leaves Frank a record for dance |
one-step |
Introduced now dominant figure on paper |
PRESENTED |
Language’s current rules about welcoming greeting |
SWAHILI |
Leader with due respect to me |
PACESETTER |
Losing heart, book holiday period |
NOEL |
Maybe kilos wife’s shed, showing figure |
EIGHT |
Moving a line at the end of proposal on the internet? |
EMOTIONAL |
Clues |
Answers |
Old writing, wanting a new start |
OPENING |
Once again, make fast retreat — run off |
RETIE |
One dealing with gender-fluid performer |
transactor |
Pan for some food maybe being the wrong size |
DISPROPORTION |
Place to eat in Times Square |
MESS |
Pupil once misleads about spearhead of ground forces |
OBLIGES |
Radical message, not the first on film |
EXTREMIST |
Rob’s put on small garments |
FLEECES |
Ruler in east, one out of Shanghai |
EMPRESS |
Say how to buy drug patent with two drugs — the wrong way |
over-the-counter |
Show disapproval over note in noted passage |
TUTTI |
Sozzled, rise twice to spit |
ROTISSERIE |
Tradesman more likely to avoid work after golf |
GLAZIER |
Way of working in thrill, almost erotic |
AMOROUS |