The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27346 May 9 2019
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: DENOUEMENT, MUM, SNAFU, UPPERCUT.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27346 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| After vacation, enliven school board | ENTRAIN |
| Be in power shower, by the sound of it | REIGN |
| Black wood __ it shows rot | BALDERDASH |
| Chap’s in a seedy place doing some bonding | ADHESIVE |
| Court favourite spotted making grammatical error? | SEED |
| Drug made less pure? That’s a blow | UPPERCUT |
| Fierce woman to prove tedious | DRAGON |
| Food that could be made with more haste? | HORSEMEAT |
| Hot, sweet bread without its middle | STOLEN |
| Kind of stock car out of energy | LIMOUSIN |
| Leave rocky peak, one that goes up and down | ELEVATOR |
| Left gilded vessel in honoured position | LAUREATESHIP |
| Move head, given tablet for swelling | NODE |
| New patron saint almost amazingly fair | non-partisan |
| Not getting on, sea legs needing to develop | AGELESS |
| Outstanding fellow drops off second daughter | DUE |
| Paper trail from the right higher power | sun-god |
| Person picking up drinks, heading for carousal in sister’s place | CONVALESCENT |
| Place for rocket in a boring meal and stuff | LAUNCHPAD |
| Running men out, need close of play? | DENOUEMENT |
| Sensible grade by teacher of French is put up | level-headed |
| Silent film’s ending with sign of uncertainty | MUM |
| Test car wheel cased in metal | AUDITION |
| United supporters turning up in a mess | SNAFU |
| What’s offered by a letter’s opening and a letter’s opening | RENTAL |
| Work the writer took for something stupefying | OPIATE |
| Worrying individual member is to block VIPs | ALARMIST |
| Youngster to receive support, it’s settled | paid up |