The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1197 October 10 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: Fleet Street, OFFBEAT, REARRANGEMENT, United Nations.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1197 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A top mark | ALPHA |
| Admiral’s daughter pursued by libertine | DRAKE |
| Against former old Italian food | ANTIPASTO |
| At first, bearings are seized tightly enough. Pour oil on | BASTE |
| Brute grabbing queen’s bosom | BREAST |
| Crowd in Fleet Street? | PRESS |
| Cruel person beheaded river creature | OTTER |
| Fear losing fine musical ability | EAR |
| Former partner has to pretend with lady, heartless indeed | EXACTLY |
| Is most of gift in seedy venue related to handouts? | distributive |
| Managed to amuse oneself cutting board that’s not fixed | TRANSPORTABLE |
| Only just defeat star seed | PIP |
| Part of Burbank city | URBAN |
| Playing piece has all the actors leave gutted | CASTLE |
| Raise stove intended, we hear, for a new layout | REARRANGEMENT |
| Son got out of enormous bath | VAT |
| Southern European story with a moral that might be unconnected | SEPARABLE |
| Strange being away from work with strike | OFFBEAT |
| Strange story about the end of expensive seafood | OYSTER |
| Trying to prevent train sets being laid out wrongly | RESISTANT |
| United Nations is working in simultaneous action | UNISON |
| Unruly old boy upset superstore | OBSTREPEROUS |
| Untruth I found in key book | FIB |
| Wild eglantine is far from lovely | INELEGANT |