The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1047 March 14 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: BUNK, EQUIP, LIPS, TAFFETA.
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 |