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.
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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 |