The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1262 January 9 2019
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: NICKS, North African, Panama, TROUGH.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1262 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| £1000? That’s good money in Soweto | GRAND |
| Be sure about Her Majesty wearing this? | BERET |
| Bluebeard occasionally has lascivious look | LEER |
| Dad grabbing an old woman’s hat | PANAMA |
| Diverts less than half of hippopotamuses | AMUSES |
| Fight for breath when restrained by medic | GASP |
| Freedom fighter wounded in Sparta | PARTISAN |
| French in agreement, making earnest request | ENTREATY |
| Get a move on after bungling set point | step on it |
| Girlie mag out of place on Papa’s religious trip | PILGRIMAGE |
| Italian gent introducing knight to drunken orgies | SIGNORE |
| North African needing accommodation on way up | MOOR |
| Pain for which Swansea chemist has the answer | ACHE |
| Painter has returned with article of desert origin | SAHARAN |
| Panic after head resigns? It’s a mistake | ERROR |
| Paper headgear jester wears? | FOOLSCAP |
| Part of joint actually undamaged | INTACT |
| Polish food? Avoid the starter | RUB |
| Rotten old kipper. Have it for lunch? | pork pie |
| Scornful of detective inspector’s letter | DISMISSIVE |
| Small pistol socialist turned on lookalike | DERRINGER |
| Take action against this woman | SUE |
| They say wickedness excited Jewish congregation | SYNAGOGUE |
| Thieves, and the places they end up in? | NICKS |
| Thug crossing river channel | TROUGH |
| Without a cap on … or a lot else? | TOPLESS |