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.
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 |