The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1237 December 5 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ESTRANGE, Israel, MOUNTAINEERS, PECORINO.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1237 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| African mammal found in book, a pig | OKAPI |
| Alienate new sergeant | ESTRANGE |
| Beaten pro flinches, heavyweight’s heading for a shiner? | french polish |
| Beauty in red rose | REBELLED |
| Climbers __ our team’s nine, roughly | MOUNTAINEERS |
| Different era isn’t more unpleasant | NASTIER |
| Find out it’s arcane, mysteriously | ASCERTAIN |
| Flower spread, a hundred having risen | BUTTERCUP |
| Former leaders in Chelsea evidently like to do well | EXCEL |
| Head erased from colossal image | PIC |
| Leader leaves English county for Italian region | UMBRIA |
| Little car entering Jerusalem in Israel | MINI |
| Loud pub, European | FINN |
| Manage work in church | COPE |
| Mother has difficult dog | MASTIFF |
| Negative male in America | MINUS |
| Oddly, niece is born | NEE |
| Person checking street out | TESTER |
| Presume needs fixing, above all | SUPREME |
| Quite a few cut, almost everyone | SEVERAL |
| Service area, carnage | MASSACRE |
| Surprisingly porcine, old sheep’s cheese | PECORINO |
| Very basic electrical unit for siren | VAMP |
| Wash first of nightclothes in advance | RINSE |