The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1157 August 15 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ARC, China, EMIRATE, PAVLOV, REMINISCENT, WARSAW, WIN, YELLOWHAMMER.
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 |