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 |