The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1242 December 12 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: CADDIES, MIDI, REPARABLE, SEAL.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1242 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Animal found in salt water loch | SEAL |
| Area within locality: Buckingham, for example | PALACE |
| Aristocrat said to be unable to produce heir | BARREN |
| Briefly wonder at a Liberal naval officer | ADMIRAL |
| Cats, for example, can be melodious | MUSICAL |
| Concerned with teaching story that can be made good | REPARABLE |
| Cope, breaking one’s high standards | IDEALS |
| Crush tree under motorway | MASH |
| Discover whereabouts? Time to run | TRACE |
| Exult with new royal symbol | CROWN |
| Hedge, given question __ tick Sue off | QUICKSET |
| Islander from south with a complaint | SAMOAN |
| It creates mist damaging to armies | ATOMISER |
| Maybe defenceless, but not hurt when husband leaves | UNARMED |
| Needle chap over family | BODKIN |
| Perfect example of memo deleted? Not entirely | MODEL |
| Pinch small quantity of spirits | NIP |
| Printout not easy to reproduce? | hard copy |
| Putting together academic paper on moral offence, we hear | SYNTHESIS |
| Reshuffled, a sport minister | PASTOR |
| Skirt the centre of island | MIDI |
| Something for waiter __ start to put it back | TIP |
| They are on course to hold clubs | CADDIES |
| This boat reversing would make puddles | SLOOP |
| Warning: old people | OMEN |
| With no rival, don’t strain so much to see | PEERLESS |