Category Archives: AFR Cryptic

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 SUBTRACT Dock area east of naval vessel (8) TRACT after SUB 5 SMALLS Items of a personal nature, all listed in text (6) ALL inside SMS 10 GLEAM Flash part of Kyogle? A motel? … Continue reading →

          For ease of producing this solution I have numbered the crossword and clues conventionally. Across Answers and Clues Explanations 7 EXPLOIT Take advantage of scheme mostly used in evacuation (7) (PLO)t inside EXIT 8 GRANDEE … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 NOTICEABLE Obvious illicit drug taken by VIP (10) ICE inside NOTABLE 6 SPEC Small muscle’s detailed description (4) S + PEC 10 UMBER Deep brown wood, trimmed at one end (5) (l)UMBER 11 PERCOLATE … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 SUSPENDERS Shoppers, say, pinching American braces (10) SPENDERS outside US 6 MAUL Severely criticise new compilation of album lacking band’s original piece (4) Anagram of ALBUM minus (B)and 10 OVERALL Lover switched around a … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 GOT AHEAD Advanced dotage has greatly developed (3,5) Anagram of (DOTAGE HA)s 5 THONGS Lots of people without right footwear (6) THRONGS minus R 10 OMEGA The conclusion is nothing great (5) O + … Continue reading →