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 |
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