The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1347 May 8 2019
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: DEEPLY, GEISHA, MISUSE, SHEER.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1347 | |
Clues | Answers |
Currently batting, with victory impossible for either side | no-win |
Demand partner with qualification | conditionally |
Difficult to handle emulsion paint gets crazed | TEMPERAMENTAL |
Dog is mother’s pet? | MASTIFF |
Fawn starts to cautiously run along wooded lane | CRAWL |
Fool I spot holding electric current | IDIOT |
Ill-treatment almost overlooked around university | MISUSE |
Look, America’s hiding carbon situation | LOCUS |
Maybe King Priam’s family and Troy lay destroyed | ROYALTY |
Might be indebted for interrupting press release | POWER |
Nearly spear a graceful antelope | IMPALA |
Nicely equipped plane we’d arranged with pilot | well-appointed |
Nick caught rodent in school | SCRATCH |
Not doing enough work missing son is absent | LACKING |
Note London School of Economics is wrong | FALSE |
Severely criticise a revolutionary swagger | PANACHE |
Shorten a game of cards | ABRIDGE |
Some baggage is hazard for hostess | GEISHA |
Storm crossing northern line of hills | RANGE |
Straight after embracing queen | SINCERE |
Supervisor to check lizard | MONITOR |
US politician having sex with female | CONGRESSWOMAN |
Utter hurrah with son for clubs | SHEER |
Yelped painfully and intensely | DEEPLY |