The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1186 September 25 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: BALLAD, DISCOLORATION, EGO, London.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1186 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A sunny land | ALIGHT |
| Amusing time on railway marking those passing? | funerary |
| An idiot backed hard bathroom sponge | LOOFAH |
| Article with no name? Then it’s this | ANON |
| Better public school around West African city | cape town |
| Blend mix of gin and lemon? That’s not on | MINGLE |
| Boyfriend outside university runs office | BUREAU |
| Computer-aided design incorporates art, see, in large amount | CARTLOAD |
| Consecrated building that’s large and outstanding | HALLOWED |
| Error starting the yearbook’s print output | TYPO |
| Everything’s thrown into awful song | BALLAD |
| For instance, Oscar is a big personality | EGO |
| Girl’s troubled life before London, perhaps | FELICITY |
| Good fortune daring to sacrifice pawn | LUCK |
| Have nothing to do in strike? A WC needs sorting out | be at a loose end |
| Large hat with dark brow lacking covering | SOMBRERO |
| London borough losing billions in income from tenants | RENT |
| Not many will follow dog when one’s told to stay in | CURFEW |
| Small and crudely built house is closed | SHUT |
| Some metal creates fine powder | TALC |
| Spot old Liberal interrupting record speech | DISCOLORATION |
| Stand lazily round during fencing thrust | LOUNGE |
| Years attached to shop floor | STOREY |