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The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2022 08 09
The Times Cryptic
Clue
Answer
Place bedecked in unalloyed imperial colour
PURPLE
Border crime dismissive of borders
RIM
Ignorant, like many soldiers about end of operation
UNINFORMED
Killer insect wife brushed off
ASP
Army head acquires a second scar
CICATRICE
Insect having an insect’s tail
ANT
Relative area reduced by half? Not sure
UNCLEAR
Building in garden where a serving of wine is free?
GLASSHOUSE
Unsteady, twisted across wide street
WAVERY
Journalist, heading away from hut
HACK
Viticulture’s rumour mill?
GRAPEVINE
Spooky horse seen around hackney carriage?
MACABRE
River gets clogged up in sound
STYX
Spare time not disguised
OVERT
As well it’s where a countdown is heading
TOO
For leader shortly cooked sponge
FREELOAD
Brought round again, gunners tired, needing energy to rise
REAWAKENED
In refurbished inn, a relaxed six-footer
ALEXANDRINE
I’m blocking a friend’s ill-feeling
ACRIMONY
Bird’s claw regularly in its beak?
MACAW
Expression of revulsion in one heavily criticising carnage
SLAUGHTER
River runs away from country houses
GANGES
Joint work brought back large animal
HIPPO
Frequently become milder after losing head
OFTEN
Area covered by second best doctor on a temporary basis
STOPGAP
Clear evidence of leg injury I had
LIMPID
Dreadful, and almost entirely accepted by Liverpudlian, mostly
SCANDALOUS
60 minutes showing no opening for us
OUR
Extra protection on helmet gets one almost cooked
GRILLE
One small particle? In favour of 100
PROTON
Picked up suitable one to wear fancy raincoat for approval
RATIFICATION
Partner is criminal type
CONSORT
Inflexible barrier installed by a worker
ADAMANT
Nanny’s tender love, coming in to collect daughter
GOATHERD
Prompt English journalist to probe possible traitor
SPEEDY
Crashed bus brought in by worker’s partner
HUSBAND
Scandinavian taking in opening of contemporary ballet?
DANCE
Sound of activity in university Her Majesty is going round
HUM
Quiet appreciation of music bears fruit
PEAR
Ramshackle Welsh store closing early, offering zero value
WORTHLESS
Laughed and shook her hips? Good for wife!
GIGGLED
VANITY CASES?
EGOS