The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1040 March 5 2018
Published in The Times Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ALED, BARBARIC, CAMP, Prime Minister.
The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1040
| Clues |
Answers |
| Bread is mine — thank you |
PITTA |
| Course, no longer popular, in RE |
ROUTE |
| Dangerous disease among animals: is bear affected? |
RABIES |
| Encourages university players initially joining in soccer etc |
SUPPORTS |
| Equerry’s girl, awfully wild creature |
grey squirrel |
| Friend joins mother in Spanish city |
PALMA |
| In summary, picked up speed after start of race |
RECAP |
| Incline to be a playboy? |
RAKE |
| Melody occurring in anthem endlessly |
THEME |
| Nothing but repetition? Rather regular repetition, perhaps |
ALLITERATION |
| Pet turning up near ship |
PUSS |
| Prague hostelry, we’re told, will offer desk to register |
check-in |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Retreat by Prime Minister and a Conservative faction |
CAMP |
| Robbery involves Mafia leader who seeks pleasure? |
HEDONIST |
| Showing no respect, in spite of everything |
REGARDLESS |
| Songbird left in trap |
LINNET |
| Stool is specially made for piano player, perhaps |
SOLOIST |
| Trotskyist extremists featuring in story that’s idle gossip |
TATTLE |
| Turf out a hundred boarding European plane |
EJECT |
| Two women together are poison |
BELLADONNA |
| Type of fuel ceases to work well, oddly deficient |
DIESEL |
| Uncivilised drinking places I found near heart of Chicago |
BARBARIC |
| Welsh boy in pale denims |
ALED |
| Witty banter about article Peter Strange has penned |
REPARTEE |