The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27297 March 13 2019
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: DAIL, HAPPY, Paris, PROMINENT.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27297 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Arab artillery invading islands without question | IRAQI |
| Back in resort, siblings find somewhere to eat | BISTRO |
| Bird identified by a good friend in Paris | AGAMI |
| Bungling writer brought up in centre of Linlithgow | INEPT |
| Content, but extremely hazy about download? | HAPPY |
| Dispatch oxygen round Herts town, gradually increasing speed | STRINGENDO |
| Dodgy presentation of light sauce? | window-dressing |
| Dutch painter left with worker, one making plea | APPELLANT |
| English cleric backing new plant? | EVERGREEN |
| Excited cry over Lenin’s first revolutionary device | WHEEL |
| Fellow US attorney visiting a medium | ADAM |
| Haughty nature of knight entering plant with sons | ALOOFNESS |
| In Peel’s day he mistreated a dozy kid? | SLEEPYHEAD |
| In the main it constitutes a seismic convulsion | SEAQUAKE |
| Live with wooded area around | DWELL |
| Lover upset a sailor of Arabian origin | INAMORATA |
| Man in charge of army journal’s last description of decree | EDICTAL |
| Mo’s back! | SECOND |
| Move suddenly east after a breather | LUNGE |
| Opera in which priest is bitten by dog? | FIDELIO |
| Pie cooked by French priest, an enjoyer of good food | EPICUREAN |
| Primate’s mischievous child overwhelmed by church | CHIMP |
| Propose article on music, meeting challenge | pop the question |
| Rich confections —the old man’s samples | PASTRIES |
| Sad endeavour to secure run for American singer | BLUEBIRD |
| Spear produced by stupid person, say, leading to fine? | ASSEGAI |
| Staid old lady, but about to relax at the front | MATRONLY |
| Tabloid, possibly, not unknown in lower chamber | DAIL |
| Well-known Republican feeding dog where otolaryngologists work | PROMINENT |
| Wicked US city accepting anything once! | NAUGHTY |