The Times Crytic and Concise Crossword Answers

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7877 Clues Answers Almond biscuit/liqueur RATAFIA Argued about trivialities QUIBBLED Arousing intense feeling EMOTIVE At a distance AFAR Capital of Bolivia La Paz Child's toy yo-yo Critical interpretation (of scripture) EXEGESIS Destroy, obliterate ZAP Equestrian event GYMKHANA Foolishness IDIOCY Hair cosmetic GEL Making one want to scratch ITCHY ...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1279 Clues Answers Disclose rogue paintings, sculptures etc IMPART Doctor renovated sill — uses boring tool DRILLS During flight, Lois half finished a piece of meat ESCALOPE European city's energy embraced by vegan excitedly GENEVA Greek character goes around northern volcano ETNA Group of countries anger MEP, disturbed initially EMPIRE Item of clothing or clobber SOCK Kind of porcelain: things for poaching by the underworld EGGSHELL Little swimmer’s winning medal, initially for his swimming GO...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27263 Clues Answers Backwoodsman uses this road and sea transport, stabling horse BUSHCRAFT Competitor in pool runs down in motor DIVER Dishevelled Eastern ducks released close to boundary UNTIDY Exotic plant explorer found on island MANDRAKE Hotshot from Ritz regularly put in charge WIZARD Hypocritical trendy church about to admit offence INSINCERE Hypothetical element in current trade talk ideal gas Iberian writer, fifty or thereabouts LORCA In the midst of a commotion, grand lady's holding fast AD...

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7876 Clues Answers Abrupt TERSE Bean protein SOYA Casually throw TOSS City of Illinois CHICAGO External; peripheral OUTER Flat and high areas PLATEAUS Harem SERAGLIO Horse in a race RUNNER Item of footwear SHOE Last part FINALE Ludicrous failure FIASCO Lure; tease BAIT Make a formal request APPLY ...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1278 Clues Answers Big Ben, possibly, a mistake CLANGER Carried by shoppers, a carrier bag! SAC Come along with fancy corset ESCORT Cost, old penny, seen to change EXPENSE Estate agent, possibly, a character! LETTER Friend removes one from bucket PAL Girl is in time DAISY Housing payment in the future returned, including compensation finally RENTAL Hurt isn't terribly good STING Instrument is tacky, darn it! FIDDLESTICKS J...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27262 Clues Answers A bug is initially stopping contactless transaction air kiss Badly handling fog on river — worrying MISTREATING Beggar’s roguish clothing finished with IMPOVERISH Bowled some rubbish, I sweep BESOM Caught scarlet woman on meadow in town CHESTERFIELD Daughter with cosmetic obscuring face, one concealed under bonnet? DIPSTICK Deny secret agent’s returned, cover blown NEGATE Hand out from court not available in area on island DISTRIBUTE Highest-ranking corporal finds love in Sevenoaks, say ...

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7875 Clues Answers Athenian playwright EURIPIDES Belonging to us OUR Brightly, vibrantly VIVIDLY Easy to understand LUCID Engage to be married BETROTH Existence BEING Fake, sham BOGUS Free (someone) from guilt ABSOLVE Impossible to solve INSOLUBLE In that place THERE In which asking prices are high sellers' market Indian state GOA Insomnia ...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1277 Clues Answers A pint courtesy of Paddy? rice beer Added comments to approving gesture when touring gallery NOTATED Boy goes out to get cuddly toys TEDDIES Comb, note, regularly chosen for musical instrument OBOE Drinking game after end of parties SWILLING Following cross going into the goal NEXT Having arranged fee, find an address in Turkey EFFENDI Investigate family trapped in toilet, closed look into Long sentence in biography? LIFE Man, superior one, and blunt ...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27261 Clues Answers ... but if south-facing, becoming much brighter UNLIT A note in which a managing director’s put up someone for promotion ADMAN A number of volunteers, note, commanded army? TENTACLED A sweet accompaniment with dance, almost complete rum butter Agent who gets back from sultanate with traveller repo man Alternative cure handy for major complaint hue and cry American hosts cool, reclining in mess as usual SNAFU Big felines getting in step I am thinking PUMAS Count on supervised girl being of high intel...

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7874 Clues Answers Abandoned infant FOUNDLING Brief slip LAPSE Cake decoration ICING Clothing APPAREL Finally LASTLY Forecast, outlook PROGNOSIS Form of investment ANNUITY Having much foliage LEAFY Help AID Hostile behaviour AGGRO Junctions, unions JOINTS Longs (for) YEARNS Lurks, sneaks, prowls SKULKS ...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1276 Clues Answers Alien in a tram — ridiculous! MARTIAN Aunt blethered freely, revealing secret under-the-table Character can be heard — gosh! GEE Chaste part of the world CONTINENT Component of starter dish TART Far side of the lake is spooky EERIE Group about to fix old instrument SPINET Maureen meets Ronald, a half-wit MORON Proportion in operation RATIO Put off as spectator, I ran wild PROCRASTINATE Request time off job ...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27260 Clues Answers Antics succeeded in transforming hero Macbeth? HORSEPLAY Blue-green coat is mine — river’s damaged outside VERDIGRIS Employment of learned person after university USAGE Form, one composed and universal — exactly so classical music Fragile £10 with no date for new note? TENDER Grey and unfashionable plaster GROUT Leak linking visit to young boy up in court SEEPAGE Learning about criminal in test gets a boy to see sense listen to reason Like birds round celebrity endlessly excite OVIPAR...

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7873 Clues Answers Annul CANCEL Being ENTITY Chinese dynasty SUNG Exist in large numbers ABOUND Family relative COUSIN Favour, like better PREFER Firearms GUNS Impediment, hindrance HANDICAP Insane DERANGED Large antelopes GNUS Like ducks' feet WEBBED Clues Answers Not concerned U...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1275 Clues Answers Bob’s aspiration? HOPE Bricklayer’s tool to take in hand, not large HOD Charity event, collecting old clothes? rag week Communist design to attract alien, from here? red planet Free latte was remarkably a universal provision welfare state Furniture up till now not quite complete SOFA Hair preparation used by Nigella GEL Heartless drive on farm vehicle that runs one down DETRACTOR I had energy put into slim lamp SIDELIGHT I send teen off in order to be...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27259 Clues Answers After homework, managed to start phone call before meal PREPRANDIAL An irksome task at noon involving male broadcasters ANCHORMEN Award nominally associated with Ulysses? GRANT Baseball player in jug? PITCHER Beg directions for protecting current stars PLEIADES Bigwig in spectacles ultimately keeps it to lay eggs OVIPOSIT Blissful start for intern in city hospital ELYSIAN Company of actors move in large numbers, we hear TROUPE Counterpart works back to back OPPO ...

The Times - Specialist - Sunday Times GK Jumbo No 146 Clues Answers A lament or slow musical piece, from a type of Ukrainian folk music DUMKA A Norse bard SKALD A sausage originally made in Bologna MORTADELLA A traditional “tagging” game of school playgrounds British Bulldog Abnormally low count of a white blood cell neutropenia Amazon’s virtual assistant, since November 2014 ALEXA Amelia ____ was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic EARHART American sports league in which the Toronto Raptors are the only Canadian team NBA Any plant of the Pisum ...

The Times - Concise - Sunday Times Concise No 1610 Clues Answers Annoyingly persistent IMPORTUNATE Anticipate EXPECT Babyish INFANTILE Badmouth MALIGN Change of order PERMUTATION Clownish ZANY Fillip TONIC Inhabit OCCUPY Limit CONSTRAIN Modern Siam THAILAND Moment TICK Peanuts LITTLE Clues Answers ...

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7872 Clues Answers 1760 yards MILE Academic award DEGREE Addition to a book APPENDIX Afresh ANEW Alcoholic drink TIPPLE Beg, implore PLEAD Bird enclosure AVIARY Chaperone DUENNA Font TYPEFACE Four score and ten NINETY Get better IMPROVE Greatest height ZENITH Clues Answers ...

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7871 Clues Answers — Rees Mogg, MP JACOB Carried BORNE Cotton twill fabric CHINO Delay, block IMPEDE Desert; give up ABANDON Entire WHOLE Everything ALL Expect and desire HOPE Fabricate MAKE Hound; bird of prey HARRIER Humour (someone) INDULGE Japanese fencing KENDO Language of Christ ARAMAIC Large parr...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1274 Clues Answers A race isn't terribly bigoted SECTARIAN Aircraft ugly, did you say? PLANE Airmen bombed a country ARMENIA Bacterium having arisen, discards scraps GUBBINS Before disaster, switch footwear flip-flop Biblical character in short, Abraham's able child, originally ISAAC Choose one colour, primarily, for drinks dispenser OPTIC Extraordinary pearl is close, phenomenal sight solar eclipse Fantasist in daughter, back to embrace me DREAMER Find small am...

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27257 Clues Answers A superior old man penning old African sheep AOUDAD As lesser player, you finally wanted to pen “Succeeded!” UNSEEDED As rubbish remains, attempt to collect it TRASHY Be severely critical of record, maybe, away from home hit out Bishop not so much set aside for holy purpose? BLESS Cathedral office’s article penned in study with craft DEANSHIP Delivery of inflatable bags, half going astray BALL Disease in quiet Indian city — measure must be introduced PELLAGRA Division sealed by adult member of churc...

The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 7870 Clues Answers Alpine shorts LEDERHOSEN Animals slain by vehicles ROADKILL Artificially coloured DYED Branch of science ASTROPHYSICS Ceramics; friend CHINA Church tax TITHE Dish of fish, rice and eggs KEDGEREE Every (one) EACH Evil spirit DEMON Goes beyond EXCEEDS Item of jewellery NECKLACE Lukewarm TEPID ...