The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27068 June 19 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ADMIRATION, FLAIL, GRUMP, PLUTONIUM, ROOMETTE, SARUM, SHIN.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27068
Clues |
Answers |
A smirk so naughty when receiving good present with a hug? |
KISSOGRAM |
Agent always intended to avoid a financial transaction favouring customer |
REPAYMENT |
Amusing turn daughter’s put on |
DROLL |
Arrangement that does for NI patriot? |
PARTITION |
Bad-tempered type, initially getting behind |
GRUMP |
Celebrity died catching wild animal, right? |
STARBOARD |
Coat officer gashes when falling over |
STUCCO |
Drink to be knocked back in autumn? It’s a sporting option |
free ball |
Elaborate accommodation for king, one in exile? |
EXPATRIATE |
Female shows spite rejecting male |
ALICE |
Football, ultimately maybe a German game? |
LOTTO |
Girl’s hair the result of a bad hair day? |
DISTRESS |
Having secured facility on smartphone, you had talked freely |
YAPPED |
Hesitation to get into meditation when lectures should be attended? |
TERM |
Joint in handle, one coming loose |
WELD |
Lake in garden transformed foreign city once |
LENINGRAD |
Clues |
Answers |
Little fellow, the German who takes a quick break? |
WEEKENDER |
Loud murderer with yen for ostentation |
FRIPPERY |
Mark brought by corporal punishment? Son avoids that |
TICK |
Missile not quite right for old British soldier |
buller |
One coming off drugs, having ‘a bit of a chest’ |
withdrawer |
One of two books, very serious, written by the French |
CHRONICLES |
Piano learner has found out about organ |
SPLEEN |
Quiet town, one I hesitate to say that’s dangerously unstable |
PLUTONIUM |
Raving person has love for a man in broadcast message |
ROGER |
Respect and acknowledge reduced allowance |
ADMIRATION |
See, previously, army of abstainers taking alcohol |
SARUM |
Sound of Aussie beast encountered in small enclosed space |
ROOMETTE |
Swing that sees weak Right being ousted by Left |
FLAIL |
Tree making church gloomy, almost |
CEDAR |
What’s authentic about upcoming broadcast related to insurance business |
ACTUARIAL |
Wrong to swallow hard bone |
SHIN |