The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26848
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Abandon fight | SCRAP |
| Bard in region's capital | HOMER |
| British territory using top foreign currency: yen | crown colony |
| Catholic in action trashed drug | NARCOTIC |
| Climber wants sweetheart to care for | HONEYSUCKLE |
| Cook uses hands to provide protection from heat | SUNSHADES |
| Curry, possibly fish, with minimum of rice | SKATER |
| Device for stopping strike | TAP |
| Disconcerting seaman holds officer up | RATTLING |
| Doctor west of desert heading off light rain | DRIZZLE |
| Drinks, say, containing trace of natural stimulant | GINSENG |
| Furious criminal KO'ing one copper? | RUFOUS |
| Group in department ran chemistry block | TRANCHE |
| Increasingly sexy queen more accessible when husband's away.. | RANDIER |
| Intelligence — something parents pass on, mostly | GEN |
| Intricate craft displayed in novel Eliot penned | NEEDLEPOINT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Love mate to accept credit with king out of sight | OPTICAL |
| Means of accommodating baby's exuberant conduct? | high chair |
| Nothing close up to tear | ZIP |
| Orator's prosecuted for fraud | PSEUD |
| Outstanding rhetoric in support of underground system? | PROTUBERANT |
| Pernicious decree slashing French wine output, ultimately | VIRULENT |
| Rats count on dogs being heard | TELLTALES |
| Regularly launch into tunneller's underground entrance | MANHOLE |
| Rode briskly round lake, keeping horse restrained | THROTTLED |
| Short drinkers may relish this distorted sound | RYE |
| Some not in US army, maybe, returning to claim benefits? | sign on |
| Some of our ancestors, needing exercise, agreed to box | APEMEN |
| Spread from union journal kept back | GAMUT |
| Theory from revolutionary Frenchman with half a dozen sheep? | MARXISM |
| Where pupils get together a learner's relaxed | INFORMAL |
| Wretched idler not pruning old bit of plant | TENDRIL |
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 933
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A good way around European anxiety | FEAR |
| An element of air mixed with mud | RADIUM |
| Beginning to feel stiff and cold | FRIGID |
| Do note those voting against a game | DOMINOES |
| Expression of surprise about illicit whisky in child’s toy | choo-choo |
| Fair method by judge | MODERATE |
| Family animals up for a bit of a walk | STEP |
| Harass spies beginning to turn | MOLEST |
| He raps out a few words | PHRASE |
| Losing weight, fights in the ring with son, keeping moving | RESTLESS |
| Lyric poem Delius initially set in Old English | ODE |
| Menacing senior nurse holding hip? | SINISTER |
| Parrot sheltered by screech-owls | ECHO |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Part of the neck of northern primate | NAPE |
| Polish off cod, say, outside home | FINISH |
| Reminiscent of benefit going in payment for accommodation | REDOLENT |
| Run from long-legged bird, finding bamboo | CANE |
| Score damaged lustre | RESULT |
| Straight run | DIRECT |
| Take into account son cried when upset | CONSIDER |
| Threaten devil will take the hindmost? | IMPEND |
| Time showering, perhaps for exercises | TRAINING |
| Very cloudy days leading to ship being created by Noah | DARK |
| Well-mannered girl broadcasting | DEBONAIR |
| What strains company taking on moon explorer | COLANDER |
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