The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1623 Crossword Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1623 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
High-rise accommodation for social workers?	ANTHILL
Illegal substance CIA once concocted	COCAINE
Loose woman putting last of opium in gin	TRAMP
Nick, dangerous chap in the main	PIRATE
Party hard? What an idiot I am!	DOH
Posh girl acquiring top-class place to eat? That’s a matter of opinion	DEBATABLE
Pretend to be excited, wasting time	SIMULATED
Sailor putting scoundrel up	TAR
Scarper, arguing occasionally	RUN
Start to plead: I must have name	BEGIN
Stern bachelor meeting cook on vacation	BACK
Tutor upset about abuse	TORTURE
Untidy room from which Oink might emerge?	PIGSTY

Clues	Answers
Ability to reason at the heart of MI6?	INTELLIGENCE
Appear to notice favouritism, finally	SEEM
Article on drinking den for barristers?	the bar
Charlie, leaping initially into bed	CLOT
Cheek of son visiting famous regiment	SASS
Choke, spitting out large rum	STRANGE
Composer’s name announced	HANDEL
Confirm aunt is at best confused	SUBSTANTIATE
Dripping, a kind of fat	SATURATED
Extremely dull criminal I arrested	DREARIEST
Follow only half of Marx’s doctrine	DOGMA
Found black stuff in the street	START
Go on to suffer setback	YAP