The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27213 December 5 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: Detective Gadget, LEE, October Revolution, SPARKLER.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27213 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A beastly mother keeping literary retrospective for gifted child | MATILDA |
| A carriage heading for Scottish cathedral city | AMIENS |
| Attempt retiring | SHY |
| Bent coppers splitting up, say | PREDISPOSITION |
| Brilliant odds before racehorse runs | SPARKLER |
| Cast me in a film | ANIME |
| Categorise works evading understanding, ultimately as such | ESOTERICA |
| Censorship of the October Revolution? | REDACTION |
| Comprehensive school’s first XI linked up with a top forward | full steam ahead |
| Deliberate snatching is bad treatment | MISUSE |
| Detective Gadget succeeded inside the CID, for example | SENSOR |
| Discharge suspect concealing high explosive | RHEUM |
| Evergreen explorer cut down in front of Resolution | scots pine |
| Frequently outspoken on males: time for a quota | ALLOTMENT |
| General grounds for curtailment | LEE |
| Harry Truman taking on board current thinking | RUMINANT |
| I am one member of nest maybe suited to parrots | IMITABLE |
| Lumières can’t broadcast without a place to show all their work? | MULTISCREEN |
| Major operation as Times each year put on finals of puzzles championships | BYPASS |
| Man responsible for distribution of toxin around centre of Salisbury | POISSON |
| Might Mark blitz clues? | MUSCLE |
| Move impetuously to sacrifice pawn and foil attack? | LUNGE |
| Occasion that is wrapping up day | EVENTIDE |
| One might see spider on this: howls out loud? | BAIZE |
| One who has it may quickly lose it | short fuse |
| One who introduces expert on Browning? | TOASTMASTER |
| Perhaps a sett … the setter’s material | DENIM |
| She’s short with pot belly __ that’s Mum! | SHTUM |
| Singer’s second discussion about sound quality? | STONECHAT |
| The endless growth in snooker | THWART |