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 |
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