The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1156 August 14 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ABOLISH, ICEBERG, LADY, LEMON, PAR, PLUMB, PREMIER, USAGE.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1156
| Clues |
Answers |
| American taking on mature tradition |
USAGE |
| Arctic sight I caught: diving bird wheeling round |
ICEBERG |
| Boil has burst? Stop |
ABOLISH |
| Eat spicily cooked dish, the restaurant’s best |
SPECIALITY |
| Excluding a measure of pressure |
BAR |
| Exclusive book? Exactly |
PLUMB |
| French city that’s occupied only on Saturdays |
LYONS |
| Improve that ginger biscuit and be quick! |
make it snappy |
| List of those to be remunerated in election around Scottish town |
pay-roll |
| Man attending the Spanish church |
CHAPEL |
| Moving fast, company’s containing blessed fellow’s operating expenses |
running costs |
| Clues |
Answers |
| One brought in top suit — hearts — to win |
TRIUMPH |
| Self-absorbed, say, with wild conceit about source of reputation |
EGOCENTRIC |
| Senior politician about to get millions in support |
PREMIER |
| Set to include daughter as female |
LADY |
| Somewhere to take refuge, as truancy treated harshly |
SANCTUARY |
| Tries to interrupt genuine preparation for performance |
REHEARSAL |
| Two, not one? It’s generally three, four or five |
PAR |
| Upset no repast is without a fruit |
LEMON |
| Vendor, we hear, offering a lot of wine |
CELLAR |
| Vowed power line will get moved carefully |
PLEDGED |
| Work over — knock drink back |
OPUS |