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