The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1157 August 15 2018

The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1157

Clues	Answers
Badger has to eat tops of radishes and swedes	HARASS
Bar supporters from the football ground?	GOALPOSTS
Battles a western city	WARSAW
Call for Tom to cut grass around one area	MIAOW
Changing a reformed group of prisoners	chain gang
Chicken with batter — or a different bird	YELLOWHAMMER
Chopper with a cross on rotating handle	AXEMAN
Curvature observed in turning aircraft	ARC
Devil’s lair imprisoning little Maureen	DEMON
Drink half of just frozen water	JUICE
Free travel by horse without tail	RID
Leave the country, missing golf in Dubai?	EMIRATE

Clues	Answers
Method of calculating the Great Wall of China, say?	long division
Nursery rhyme from storytelling show cut by a third: presenter unwell	jack and jill
One, then two marks added to spoken exam — that’s unethical!	IMMORAL
Re-attempt shifting diminutive bouncer	trampette
Russian scientist who regularly produced a dog’s dinner?	PAVLOV
Style of fancy red coat	art deco
Success with batting	WIN
Suggestive short skirts with modern clothing	REMINISCENT
Time church benches must be lifted and brushed	SWEPT
Useless Edmund ignoring odd characters	DUD
We initial forms to prepare for attack	lie in wait
Worked miracle to recover	RECLAIM