The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1047 March 14 2018

The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1047

Clues	Answers
Almost spill over edges	LIPS
Appreciative of a small delivery of coal?	GRATEFUL
Book Row Z? Don’t be pushy	take a back seat
Cat that protects a reptile?	TORTOISESHELL
Claimed to hold pounds, scrounged	BLAGGED
Complaint that takes one’s breath away	ASTHMA
Crack! Pine tree falls back at rear of forest	RIFT
Excessive peacekeeping force expected	UNDUE
Extremely tricky exercise for model	TYPE
Force iron into so long a fabric	TAFFETA
Garden tool received initially wrapped in cloth	TROWEL
Infected, filled with cold? I don’t believe	SCEPTIC
Like son’s cheek — dreadful to be idly hanging around	kick ones heels

Clues	Answers
Like speaker to be judge of metals	ASSAYER
Militant type horribly scared about sport	CRUSADER
Natural talent is to blaze up, we hear	FLAIR
Not over weight	TON
Observe what is captured by daring	BEHOLD
Part was effective	BIT
Pause, likely to be lost?	HESITATE
Sleeping place is rubbish	BUNK
Supply with joke at end of programme	EQUIP
Tie up female, having a gun	FASTEN
Treasure love in difficult surroundings	HOARD
Well now, we’ve got enough runs	i declare