The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1298 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1298 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Hit copper with repeated force	CUFF
Keeping to oneself, sulk endlessly amidst dreadful rain	INSULAR
Longing to thumb a lift in part of London?	ITCH
Nothing overlooked in keeping yarn	STRING
One sent out letters covered in beer	APOSTLE
Risk needing a sling?	chance ones arm
Sea creatures affected during island’s revolution	SCAMPI
Search thoroughly for weapon	RIFLE
Seriously inaccurate stories about artist making free	LIBERAL
Someone getting a buzz from their hobby?	APIARIST
Those people will collect old record for religious study	THEOLOGY
Work on it ineptly for choice	OPTION

Clues	Answers
A man from the Balkans secures British circus performer	ACROBAT
A scam to snaffle farmer’s last fruit from tree	ACORN
A type of grain I ditched in shock	AMAZE
Argue about Northern Line, one not seen in the brightest light	MOONLIT
Awful aching torment that needle points to	magnetic north
Bound to return to US city for the Spanish food	PAELLA
Clue “Seascape” with an anagram? It’s a potential way out	escape clause
Country engaged in machinations?	CHINA
Deduce no escaping from fire	INFER
Elevated position in Mad Hatter’s prose	STRATOSPHERE
Exclamation when probing handwriting — blooming shopkeeper!	FLORIST
Family group’s beginning a racket	CLANG