The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27131 August 31 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: BUTTY, LAZARUS, SPASM, STAKEHOLDER, UNSHOCKABLE, UPS, WACKO.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27131 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| After a short butcher’s knife with a label on | at a glance |
| An anti-Nazi gathering expels one foreign national | TANZANIAN |
| An old artilleryman’s casing initially too wide for one | EXTRA |
| Awesome gas associated with singular manure | jaw-dropping |
| Boxing damaged finger of course, primarily | coffering |
| Draws one a plant | RAFFLESIA |
| Easily overcome reaction of disgust in alternative to Thatcher? | SLAUGHTER |
| Fit and well __ antismoker at heart | SPASM |
| Force ace to quit game | have-a-go |
| Funny form of censorship | GAG |
| Herb’s ego jarred with Nora | OREGANO |
| Increasingly wintry spot forecaster’s mentioned | ICIER |
| Informally offering Desprez, Ziegfeld exhibits | PREZZIE |
| Joiner, Pole, taking Thursday off | NOR |
| King of Tyre, from memory, greeting heads | HIRAM |
| Long hose: get it caught up in taps | knee-socks |
| Nervous excitement children are in at bedtime? | JIMJAMS |
| One competed in green coat? | IVIED |
| One miraculously raised a sprint briefly after endless idling | LAZARUS |
| Opera’s premiere mostly gets hammered | peter grimes |
| Pale woman’s fixing familiar person with interest | STAKEHOLDER |
| Pledge to block new bus lane is beyond disgusting | UNSHOCKABLE |
| Recalled fair sound of raven and cuckoo | WACKO |
| Rubbish collecting for instance in pan | ROAST |
| Seal domestic encounter finally by a whisker | CRABEATER |
| See cracks appearing in displays of mutual affection | love-ins |
| Starter of cabbage leaves baked in pastry on the way | en route |
| Swallow fed dry sandwich | BUTTY |
| The solvers no good, I hesitate to say: they won’t get this! | YOUNGER |
| Time remaining after specialist vacated theatre area | stage left |
| Trench one often had to drain | SAP |
| Unexpectedly goes for hikes | UPS |