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 |