The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1074 April 20 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ADIOS, OSLO, RESCUER, SIGH, Spain, UNISEX, VERONA, ZOOMS.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1074
| Clues |
Answers |
| A container slightly open |
AJAR |
| Agreed with check |
SQUARED |
| Avert fighting next to shed |
ward off |
| Baths, trad perhaps, one’s lined with copper |
jacuzzis |
| Blessed fellow on phone causing row! |
STRING |
| Crave flourish for certain type of broadcast |
long wave |
| Five English students getting the Morning Star |
VENUS |
| Group in front of bazaar, settled and secure |
set fair |
| Guinevere’s content? No way! |
NEVER |
| Heads for old southern lake or city |
OSLO |
| Hot tune, note: Afro? |
HAIRDO |
| Male and female colleges attended by former partner |
UNISEX |
| Marine mammal having power, initially, or composure |
PORPOISE |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Mission appearing in article by the French medical officer |
ALAMO |
| Pay to conduct |
WAGE |
| Person salvaging notes by snooker player? |
RESCUER |
| Pro I forewarn’s to become a captive |
prisoner of war |
| Producer of oil? None, as it happens |
OLIVE |
| Rough or rude — as motorist, maybe |
road-user |
| Some turning up in Slovenian or even Italian city |
VERONA |
| Sort of bowler seen in stage turn |
leg spin |
| Sound despairing when spectacle fails to end |
SIGH |
| Tears manuscript on wildlife park |
ZOOMS |
| Trouble’s besetting one for so long in Spain |
ADIOS |
| Worthless person unwelcome at breakfast? |
a bad egg |