The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1071 April 17 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ARID, DENT, ENGAGING, LIFE, NEWTON, PASTRY, POPULARITY, US.
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The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1071
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| All ingredients of some very thin gruel | EVERYTHING |
| Area free of desert regions | ARID |
| Area of stage showing elevated cross section | trap-door |
| Big name debut cut short | STAR |
| Copper interrupting dinner, say, with secretary — it’s my fault | mea culpa |
| Craft almost injured regal figure | ARTHUR |
| Crazy play I tour containing power and mass appeal | POPULARITY |
| Evidence of collision? Drive, not disheartened | DENT |
| Father’s attempt to produce some baking | PASTRY |
| Hard work securing old ring | HOOP |
| In tune with the city, is surrounded by various tweeters | STREETWISE |
| Make a start on one idiot I took in | INITIATE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Party faction having success with leader of Government | WING |
| Place to study poetry gets a lot of space | UNIVERSE |
| Pleasant booking? | ENGAGING |
| Ponder endlessly about a scrum | MAUL |
| Quietly hands over brick carrier, taking little care | SLIPSHOD |
| Scientist’s fresh measure of mass | NEWTON |
| Sinister vessel pursuing daughter | DARK |
| Story encompassing fine biography | LIFE |
| Time to regret stones used in John Wayne movie | true grit |
| US city lowlife carrying one cowboy’s accessory | LARIAT |
| Vicar’s end in church is a restriction for crime writer | CHRISTIE |
| Working in lab, venue in no way admired | UNENVIABLE |