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 |