The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27254 January 22 2019
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: BRACER, BUCK, ELDERFLOWER, Greece.
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| Clues | Answers |
| Animal caught in field, hiding in grass | POLECAT |
| Bit of fun deputising for poet | LARKIN |
| Cake special, French produce outstanding | BROWNIE |
| Can prisoner wander into ruin? | powder room |
| Carrier of crockery needing milk container __ a little light? | tea tray |
| Cart not far uphill? | DRAY |
| Country in the money? | GUINEA |
| Couple ending on floor __ that drink’s stimulating! | BRACER |
| Did long study, returning after some time | YEARNED |
| Division of junior educational establishment | UNI |
| Egg container overturned | NIT |
| Evidence of torture using birch, unseen | chinese burn |
| Festival __ Easter is different, primarily | EID |
| Gannet possibly going to pot, braised | SEABIRD |
| Great being in Greece, where crisis was once reversible | ZEUS |
| I agree to use all, by recycling | ABSOLUTELY |
| Instrument, sort of light, twice recalled, with zeal played | VUVUZELA |
| Law enforcer repeated phrase on book | SHERIFF |
| Live current in force, one supposes | BELIEVER |
| Message that’s wounding? This sitting on the fence? | barbed wire |
| Old poet taking sherry regularly, dipping quills? | SPENSER |
| Peninsula where river boat is, starts to the north | IBERIA |
| Point or points to support | ENDORSE |
| Queen after tipsy fellow drinking wine up __ this flavour? | ELDERFLOWER |
| Resist US cash | BUCK |
| Seed in fruit not reaching the ground? | PEA |
| Showing standard plug, a number passed round | On Parade |
| Stream runs poorly | RILL |
| Top college official has always impressed islander | cape verdean |
| Troubled mind at peace, set free | EMANCIPATED |
| Vulgar type, instant trouble | flash harry |
| Way correct for grasping a hand | STRAIGHT |