The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27094 July 19 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ACCOST, ANCHORMAN, BULLRING, CARET, DOLT, INDULGE, TERMINALLY, WHARF.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27094
Clues |
Answers |
‘Red’ nation, ultimately lacking energy, invested in fossil fuel |
COCHINEAL |
A charge for broadcaster’s buttonhole |
ACCOST |
Amazon’s business returns left foremost of investors worried |
e-tail |
Amiable clot keeps backing in |
CONGENIAL |
Artful Republican entering second year |
TRICKY |
Artiste in French employment on ecstasy |
DANSEUSE |
Belts as footwear |
SOCKS |
Benefit from a curtain in auditorium |
AVAIL |
Burning ambition of spy, abandoning southern state |
PYROMANIA |
Cause of infestation in Spooner’s heavy metal establishment? |
head louse |
Charlie had an impact after switching ends |
DOLT |
Fail to secure degree — Open University course for seamen |
LOBSCOUSE |
Faulty clue appears — not right for ‘purée’ |
apple sauce |
Fawn was born at the end of April |
CAMEL |
Form the basis of nameless stress? |
UNDERLIE |
Clues |
Answers |
Frozen bones heading to the bottom |
ICED |
Ground-breaking railway shunned by academy adjoining line |
SEMINAL |
Heat from another microscopic sample |
THERMIC |
Heath wherein weird sister moved involuntarily |
TWITCHED |
Hip-related trouble on the rise in current century |
ILIAC |
Humour eluding criminal |
INDULGE |
Instruction from Rome to contact Spanish stadium |
BULLRING |
Making regular appearances, golfer aims to shine |
GLEAM |
Partner, at end of session, home at last |
TERMINALLY |
Presenter’s awful anachronism is edited out |
ANCHORMAN |
Several branches of tree put a strain on line |
extended family |
Sign of omission pains head of trade |
CARET |
Space age opportunity for school-leavers? |
gap year |
Where to dock horse captured by fighting force? |
WHARF |
With jibe, spin doctor set out what we can expect in post |
job description |