The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27238 January 3 2019
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: EXEAT, IMPERVIOUS, SAWDUST, WATERPROOF.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27238 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Against crew changing direction without a second glance? | on sight |
| Analyse a singular state | ASSAY |
| Apprehension from last character that is returning to crack safe | SEIZURE |
| Barren wife deputising for husband in expedition | WASTE |
| Better medic with peculiarly regal bearing | GAMBLER |
| Charge double, initially, for forage | FEED |
| Concession that man’s pocketed in republic | FRANCHISE |
| Continually blocking grant to youngster in form | LEVERET |
| Courageous chap’s end providential | PLUCKY |
| Crowd on balcony when faithful audience is catered for | god slot |
| Doctor gets our compound __ here in US, perhaps | drug store |
| Energy-filled, unrestrained exercise | WIELD |
| Fish cut up with great force | PILCHARD |
| House maybe trades gold | WINDSOR |
| Leave old mate with distress | EXEAT |
| Mac’s strength of spirit added to general excellence | WATERPROOF |
| Marine vehicle driven to port by a learner | NAVAL |
| Mentioning task for second examiner? | REMARKING |
| Momentous contest well-nigh complete | EVENTFUL |
| Puts down free oyster cards, taking car out | DESTROYS |
| Raised e-cigarette’s casing following blunder | GAFFE |
| Return of goods __ deficiency ultimately unclear | FOGGY |
| Sort of tale that’ll keep you in stitches? | YARN |
| Spooner’s secured location, in a few words | sound bite |
| Tail-enders in the marathon put a strain on all runners | ENTRY |
| Territory bordering a pole, oddly? | LAPLAND |
| Thrillers incorporating papers women left behind | WIDOWS |
| Victor commanding guards, impossible to pass | IMPERVIOUS |
| Went out with clean 5 across from timberyard | SAWDUST |
| Why a note goes astray in transit? | on the way |
| Wild rave a politician’s caught in | RAMPANT |
| Yankee on drug adopting Republican line, roughly | HARSHLY |