Category Archives: AFR Cryptic

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 SOCIAL LEPER Outcast has kept away from representation of local Pharisees? (6,5) Anagram of LOCAL PHARISEES minus HAS 7 SUB Replacement coach given backing (3) BUS reversed 9 AGENT A fellow worker in the … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 ANGUISH An outburst admitting one’s suffering (7) (AN + GUSH) outside I 5 TYPISTS Psychiatrist, giving up chair, distracted key workers (7) Anagram of PSYCHIATRIST minus CHAIR 9 EXACT Court, going after hacker, sent … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 BUSINESS Trade vehicles transporting in scaffolding primarily (8) BUSES outside [IN + (S)caffolding] 5 SPUR Impulse items included in cosmetics purchases (4) cosmeticS PURchases 10 TRAIT Narrow channel with no original feature (5) (s)TRAIT … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 PREPARED Piano salesman, with a bottle of wine, is all set (8) P + REP + A + RED 5 SLALOM All tumbled in some shortened ski race (6) Anagram of ALL inside SOM(e) … Continue reading →

Across Answers and Clues Explanations 1 CRASH COURSE Utter abuse about adventurous company’s intensive programme of instruction (5,6) CURSE outside (RASH + CO) 7 ROT Tripe and bread not finished (3) ROT(i) 9 SOLID Upstanding one bound by auctioneer’s call … Continue reading →