The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27281 February 22 2019
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: DOWNSIZED, OLYMPIANS, SORORAL, TV.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27281 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Astronaut on reflection best among the stars | SPACEMAN |
| Brief to raise over a drink | COCOA |
| Chestnut kid keeps in grand Indian dish | rogan josh |
| Daughter has one final letter __ the long version __ made shorter | DOWNSIZED |
| Exercise before small drink | press-up |
| Fair queen possibly shunning Duke of Wellington and porter | car boot sale |
| Fight organisers with issue the cause of weak interaction? | w boson |
| Get down a word in French, the first word penned | unmount |
| Guy on ornate litter? | YOUNG |
| Jump, but don’t bounce? | CLEAR |
| Not exactly cut out for work with canines | CHEW |
| One on train fell after receiving large punch | axle box |
| Picks up brown coat leader of hospital body’s dropped | RUSTS |
| Raising tip of your sword, strike down Australian park attendant? | ZOOKEEPER |
| Refurbished front of tourist base in resort | ANTIBES |
| Regularly taking position, boy’s outside ready | on stand-by |
| Retriever after day’s lost more ground? | FINER |
| Rotten egg scoffed? His wasn’t all bad | CURATE |
| SE Asian hotel talked of providing commercial extra | tie-in |
| Something mysterious appearing periodically in outflow | UFO |
| Sophisticated weapon to burn and fail disastrously | smart bomb |
| Spoils were even, say, this time | new years eve |
| Surrounding some bridge, modest collection of plants | SHRUBBERY |
| Tax period | STRETCH |
| Time to put up and shut up, almost | quarter to |
| Top class training makes us fit | APT |
| TV set, advanced, with knobs | TUBEROSE |
| Underground river no longer flows from the mouth | STYX |
| Unusual map is only for those seeking gold? | OLYMPIANS |
| Very little right to be said about sisters | SORORAL |
| What’s replaced septic tanks, finally? | CESSPIT |
| Yard arresting very loud English drunk | QUAFFED |