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The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2020 10 16
The Times Cryptic
Clue
Answer
Success, declining a drink with tonic
GIN
Records office, say, is to attempt tracking source of records
REGISTRY
Put up fare
TABLE
Close, around lunchtime, small joint
at ones elbow
Party with its share of famous guests?
CELEBRATION
Like a lavish meal, but with no starter to relish
LAP UP
Eyeshade? Guest has dropped it
VISOR
Two posh male guards deliver something metallic
IRIDIUM
I almost stop probing firewood delivery arrangements
LOGISTICS
Horribly evil!
VILE
Stripper removing the last item: where it could happen, legally?
LOCUS
The French department giving a few extra marks
SOMME
Passes round Kansas
OKS
Contaminate fin, etc, when swimming
INFECT
Competent brewer initially brought in beer
ABLE
Assortment: possibly it’s cheap
PASTICHE
Speed last of dinner gets consumed
RATE
Following a religion, entirely on the radio
HOLY
Perhaps some tests, etc, especially for handling strain
CRICKET
Totter backwards, avoiding a married uncle or brother
REMUS
Female at the time needing to lose weight
HEN
Spaniard maybe in East London semi, soon to move
ALFONSO
Learning well, horse breeder promises to pay
STUDIOUS
Game of golf a rep organised
LEAPFROG
Work out? People who do this probably won’t!
DECRYPT
Fed up about bride forgetting day, ask for details of service?
DEBRIEF
Attract topless lady, ultimately vain
EMPTY
Bombed, if ordered up initially to attack
OUT OF IT
Is foolish to finish with Times publication
DOTES
Religious congregation highly impatient after failing to be heard
SYNAGOGUE
Left-wing teacher, one with ginger hair
REDHEAD
Record article you haven’t normally got a clue about
CATALOGUE
Encountered feathers around Lake, indication of disaster
MELTDOWN
Fragrant stuff in Italian river upset our trip
pot-pourri
Ban cheers and a more hostile expression
TABOO
Staff touring area wrong to limit good advice to motorists
ROAD SIGN
Frustrating, with grant having been adjusted
THWARTING
Roll is getting dry on the outside: I’d recommend dunking
BAPTIST
Irish town you might have been in first? Oddly, no
ENNIS
“Grand total to decrease?” they report sensationally
GUTTER PRESS
Gather fight is what Bunter was always going to?
TUCKBOX
Seductive woman with a teasing desire
WITCH
Chaps upset, caught in a single bloomer
ANEMONE
Spelling system that uses first half dozen letters
HEX
Little brother wanted a cousin to show up
CADET
Left excellent, decorative fabric
LACE
Manage to get on part of bed
HEADBOARD
Clock and TV close to mantelpiece? Indeed possible
SET EYES ON
Carrying an unpleasant smell, another’s banned from table tennis
HUMPING
Criminal, say, heads for priest, really intending to enter religious group
CULPRIT
Twice a year new driver sets out for historic part of Italy
PAPAL STATES
Cricketer first for honours in Somerset city
BATH
Harm horse, docking tail
MAR
Finally wave bye bye and go out
EBB
Supporters surrounding Rolls Royce in search
FERRET
Diversion vital, it’s impressed on PC
ESCAPE KEY
Stick with short answer: you could be in the doghouse there?
BATTERSEA
Play Pole out of position with English amateurs
LAYPEOPLE