The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27130 August 30 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AMBERGRIS, ARISTOTLE, HYENA, MOJITO, RESOUNDED, SAYERS, SUITS, THICKSET.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27130 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A little move by a militant to the left, perhaps? | MAYBE |
| A river flooding nation with a disease | MALARIA |
| Acquire evidence of debts without interest | INCURIOUS |
| All kicking off, the hoodlums unfortunately swearing like that | THUS |
| Animal at altitude by the sound of it exhausted, needing air initially | HYENA |
| Borders down, cross familiar Irish county | ROSCOMMON |
| California city sure to bag a win | OAKLAND |
| Cheese, very old, in European creamery’s basement | sage derby |
| Cocktail — special quality about it | MOJITO |
| Complaint when first love meets close family member | ASBESTOSIS |
| Container smelt when lid removed | TANK |
| Extra brought to the table by beauty joining party | side dish |
| Fast finish of Red Rum stuttering, where career of racehorse ending? | stud farm |
| Gear box | CLOBBER |
| Great thinker, realist struggling to assimilate religious text | ARISTOTLE |
| Hand warmer’s good warm feeling | GLOVE |
| Liquid in pitcher unfinished, extra in glass? | JUICE |
| Marked low, a poor singer | MEADOWLARK |
| Medium brain, say? | ORGAN |
| Monk heading for Cairngorms in check, Scottish peak further north | BENEDICT |
| Pack members in fits | SUITS |
| Romantic intro by a male composer is buoyant and fragrant stuff | AMBERGRIS |
| Sensible grass skirts made a comeback, reportedly? | RESOUNDED |
| She wrote detective stories, they declare | SAYERS |
| Solid start in heat hampered by second group | THICKSET |
| Sweet kid the girl shut out | turkish delight |
| Three-quarters loaded onto empty lorry, relatively light | LYRIC |
| Venerated item toyed with in bed, turned over | TOTEMIC |
| Where my gravestone will be placed under no circumstances | over my dead body |
| Wings of harpy, hundred and four tails, a monster | HYDRA |