The Telegraph – Cryptic – Oct 24 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| A six-footer from near Wigan |
EARWIG |
| Alcoholic drink, cold, can go the wrong way |
COGNAC |
| Animal food given to horses in China once |
CATHAY |
| Bird from higher nest |
ERNE |
| Bird seen when others rise |
SKUA |
| Burly but brainless group |
THICKSET |
| City game to lift boycott |
URBAN |
| Cooking tripe, say, may lead to acrimony |
ASPERITY |
| Deceive and attract scorn |
CONTEMPT |
| Excursion and dance |
TRIP |
| Further chaos in Laos |
ALSO |
| His rapport with me may lead to a life of pleasure |
PRIMROSEPATH |
| Huge lark following carriage |
GIGANTIC |
| I object to Scripture lessons being simple |
MERE |
| It has wings and flies behind curtains |
STAGE |
| Its captain was really put off by the crew |
BOUNTY |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Kind of race problem? |
OBSTACLE |
| Little rest, sadly, for one having entered the church |
MINISTER |
| London profits from this form of taxation? |
CAPITALGAINS |
| Long time in short trousers and spectacles |
PAGEANTS |
| Mate snitches, possibly resulting in a beating |
CHASTISEMENT |
| No parking for waiting in terminal |
ENDING |
| Occupying a pre-eminent position at work |
ATOP |
| One who calls out at court |
LINESMAN |
| One who may have to make several calls before getting the contract |
BRIDGEPLAYER |
| Popular move, building arch |
INSTEP |
| Shelter behind this person in affray |
MELEE |
| Silver wrapped up in note for priests |
MAGI |
| Skirt’s end elevated somewhere above the knee |
THIGH |
| Students of the past |
ALUMNI |
| They often have to kneel in an unsophisticated life |
NUNS |
| Useless — do go on revising |
NOGOOD |
