Loud but friendly growl crossword clue4/29/2023 The male counterparts.ĪCCURATE: The abbreviation for account precedes (supported by, in a down clue) a clergyman in the Church of England. One hump, not two.īROTHERS: Not sisters … not nuns. If you said this to someone you could be inviting them to lay at full length.ĭROMEDARY: An anagram (variety) of ODDER ARMY gives a creature one might use to cross a desert. Suspect in this case is a verb.ġ3d Extend an invitation to sleep on the floor? (7,3) MISTRUST: A fine spray of liquid and then a (usually highly unwelcome) coat produced when iron reacts with water and oxygen. Shaven crowns.Ĩd Spray coat produced by damp suspect (8) TONSURES: Not very cryptic if your first thought is that 16 refers to 16d. MAZE: Some passages or paths in this lead to a dead end. SIGNORINA: The Italian for an unmarried lady, where dropping the IN would give her title when married. To restrict or confine within bounds.ĥd Foreign girl who drops in after marriage (9) LIMIT: A word meaning set fire to around (about) the I’M from the clue in a rather Yoda-like construction. SCRAPHEAPS: Piles of rubbish, formed from a quarrel or fight followed by a great deal, as in lots or oodles.Ĥd I’m fired about restrictive practice (5) OPTICS: An anagram (fresh) of TOPICS gives the branch of physics to do with light. PATIENT: Someone undergoing medical treatment might be this when suffering delays without complaint.Ģd Fresh topics for study by light-minded scientists (6) This fruit, which has a stone at its centre, is pressed to make oil.Ģ8a One in no hurry to leave the hospital? (7) Put all thoughts of crude oil out of your mind. OLIVE: A cryptic definition that is nicely misleading. Here are two – I said you’d be seeing them again!Ģ5a Freely able to speak with added detail (9)ĮLABORATE: An anagram (freely) of ABLE and then to make a formal declarative speech.Ģ6a Oil producer under pressure has a heart of stone (5) PERSECUTOR: OUR RESPECT will be anagrammed (misplaced) to form a tyrant. The answer also means constant or faithful.Ģ2a Our respect will be misplaced for such an oppressor (10) RECIPROCATED: An anagram (mistakenly) of I ACCEPT ORDER. HEADMISTRESS: This school principal is an anagram (possibly) of SHE DREAMS IT’S.ġ8a I accept order mistakenly went to and fro (12) A quick introduction to Cole and Marmalade – you’ll be seeing them again!ġ4a Possibly she dreams it’s a principal post (12) PURR: The stroke is a caress, and in this case it produces the sound of a happy cat. OCCUPATION: A job or profession, or the act of living in a building or place.ġ2a How to express satisfaction at a stroke? (4) MAGAZINES: Stores of ammunition, or periodicals. TUTOR: A clicky sound of disapproval followed by OUR from the clue without (skipping) U(niversity). An anagram of TOMMY’S around the abbreviation for P(arking).ĩa Teacher‘s expression of disgust with our skipping university (5) SYMPTOM: A second clue to match the first. You can also add your assessment by selecting from one to five stars at the bottom of the post.ġa Awakening of love in Laura’s unexpected (7)ĪROUSAL: Insert the letter that looks like zero (love, in tennis) into an anagram (unexpected) of LAURA’S.ĥa Tommy’s upset about parking warning sign (7) Please leave a comment telling us what you thought. If you do not want to see the answer, do not click. If you want to see the actual answer then press ANSWER to reveal all. I found it easy going, but slowed down somewhat at the end.ĭefinitions are underlined in the clues. As such I hope you will indulge me in a rather feline blog. It’s a Kitty-friendly puzzle, what with answers like 12a and 23d. As the latter, it falls to me to do the hints today. One of Monday’s blogging team has been hard at work this weekend, the other hard at play. Daily Telegraph Cryptic No 27816 Hints and tips by KittyīD Rating – Difficulty ** – Enjoyment ***
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