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 |