The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1291 February 19 2019
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: Africa, JAWED, PLAYMATE, RAVING.
| The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1291 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Allege prophet corrupted one holding the line | telegraph pole |
| Beat the short boy | THROB |
| Beetle: boy gets rid by shaking | LADYBIRD |
| Bent pin raised, expecting litter | in pup |
| Blazer for nine, out to lunch | INFERNO |
| Called around six? That’s crazy! | RAVING |
| Carol’s rage after an entrance in the morning | away in a manger |
| Champion boxer graduates as hero of folk tale | Ali Baba |
| Chap with skill going over oft repeated phrase | MANTRA |
| Escort someone in a hurry, perhaps, not the first | USHER |
| European with three sons touring West Indies | SWISS |
| Excessively promotes pants | PUFFS |
| Father’s time is over | PAST |
| Fool getting large heave up | GULL |
| How do you do injections? They cover one’s head | HIJABS |
| It may see heads dropping before game has even started! | TOSS |
| Lass carrying cheese for herald of good news | GABRIEL |
| Lump cavorting with nude swinger | PENDULUM |
| Mother’s excellent race in Africa | MASAI |
| Peaceful chap I beat back with hand clenched | PACIFIST |
| Pour from side, audibly | TEEM |
| Put words down with ceremony | WRITE |
| Reviled article carried in cargo | LOATHED |
| Sporting colleague amply plied with tea | PLAYMATE |
| Talked with Jack in state of wonder | JAWED |
| This setter’s piece to contribute | IMPART |