The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27061 June 11 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ANNOY, CASTILIAN, CONDITION, GORKI, HALVA, INFECTION, New York.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27061
| Clues |
Answers |
| A second class property |
ASSET |
| Author’s work right superior to ‘King and I’ |
GORKI |
| Check on English artist beginning to rummage amongst his blessed rulers |
HIERARCHS |
| Complaint among posh-sounding group? |
INFECTION |
| Completely ignored single store in back rooms |
SIDELINED |
| Cream topping for eclair with few calories |
ELITE |
| Drunk unwilling to buy a round of drinks? |
TIGHT |
| Family member, German one, returning from Cologne after vacation |
NIECE |
| Film depicting new detective’s rise in force, say |
midnight express |
| Golfing tournament participant is out |
in the open |
| Guardian leader penned by journalists was slightly moving? |
EDGED |
| Guy the man sees from time to time |
TEASE |
| He tunes fiddle, if discordant, for players |
sheffield united |
| Head in charge of subject |
TOPIC |
| Husband with a meal ticket to get a sweetmeat |
HALVA |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Investment secured, we hear, and set up with zero loss |
trust fund |
| Key European state |
MAINE |
| Large weapon beneath a cover, we’re told, is part of early warning system? |
alarm call |
| Novel, impenetrable, given to us |
hard times |
| Number one drink in West |
IMAGINE |
| Quickly peruse half of screed filling two pages |
speed-read |
| Rider’s state of health |
CONDITION |
| Ruler in mood executed soldiers |
EMPEROR |
| Spanish performers I catch doing cartwheel |
CASTILIAN |
| Splitting pieces of granite |
TEARING |
| Tigers run wild? Sounds about right |
rings true |
| Trouble repulsed in Lyon, naturally |
ANNOY |
| Truants wandering round New York initially become unpleasant |
turn nasty |
| University dress mostly rejected in holiday island |
CORFU |
| Weak local network? Good north of the border |
LANGUID |