The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27321 April 10 2019
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: BERATES, CRIED, LEANER, LINCTUS.
| Clues | Answers |
| Adjacent to a hypotenuse? | ALONGSIDE |
| Anticipated word of warning was withdrawn | FORESAW |
| As bandage was for lesion? | WOUND |
| Bird, big one in the sky | DIPPER |
| Disturbance in court out of control | RUCTION |
| Dreadful predicament in which one bishop joins another | HORRIBLE |
| Exits works | comes off |
| First pair eliminated in decider wrongly announced | CRIED |
| Given requisite kit, doctor cured zoo’s last cat | ACCOUTRED |
| Guru sitting on lawn in shade | sage-green |
| Ineptly fail to put cap on? | screw up |
| Less productive student lacking one of the basics? | LEANER |
| Lie safely masked by dishonest leader | NESTLE |
| Meadow inhabitant spinning dastardly webs? | ladys bedstraw |
| Means of viewing men on campaign | PROJECTOR |
| National beauty title for wife? | MISSUS |
| Opportunities to study conditions | TERMS |
| Peacekeepers negotiated without dressing | untreated |
| Peripheral sportsmen criticise fighter’s reach, maybe | WINGSPAN |
| Posh guest of HM returns, having previously left country | PORTUGAL |
| Priest in government meeting king with more ceremony | STATELIER |
| Profane Shakespearean cross-dresser emptied theatre | VIOLATE |
| Provoke supporters on course verbally | TEASE |
| Sack a blackleg, ultimately splitting party | RAVAGE |
| Sorted out untidy state some sleepers prefer | NUDITY |
| Special formulation said to be associated with The Times? | LINCTUS |
| The third person’s one taking over after time | THEIR |
| Three players introducing bridge complete legal document | search warrant |
| Upbraids informer among queen’s workers? | BERATES |
| Void article withheld from almanac, perhaps | ANNUL |