The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1052 March 21 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AFRO, HORNET, MINSTER, REHAB.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1052
| Clues |
Answers |
| … A justification to share out beer? |
RATIONALE |
| A loud cry after wife’s total failure |
WASHOUT |
| Ate some shortbread in Edinburgh |
DINED |
| Bad smell linked to papa? It’s a hunch |
HUMP |
| Bard’s beginning revision of woeful epic poem |
BEOWULF |
| Book a woman’s back treatment |
REHAB |
| Bridge news: a much-loved part of The Times |
CROSSWORD |
| Cambridge boat’s gamble |
PUNT |
| Cleric leaving one place of worship |
MINSTER |
| Comedian keeping end of jokes clean is matter of space |
cosmic dust |
| Contemplate friend consuming awful diet |
MEDITATE |
| Definitely not embracing king and country |
NORWAY |
| Discussion groups university introduced to classes |
FORUMS |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Drifting wreckage seen as half of family lost at sea |
FLOTSAM |
| Expression of dissent forbidden? No thanks! |
BOO |
| Fight Club follows The Big Sleep (final cut) |
COMBAT |
| Fix blokes drinks at the outset… |
MEND |
| Former heads of our legal department |
OLD |
| Fruity buns turn scorched on the outside? |
SUNBURNT |
| Game in which St Helens initially defend after turnover |
DRAUGHTS |
| Mop of hair caught up in extractor fan |
AFRO |
| New throne for queen, perhaps |
HORNET |
| Poet’s residence by river |
HOMER |
| Rhyming couplet that has four sprightly feet? |
house mouse |
| The same detective returned over the top |
DITTO |
| Wear thin, possibly becoming bare |
in the raw |