The Telegraph Cryptic Crosswords 1 (The Telegraph Puzzle Books)

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ARMCHAIR: A synonym of president or head comes after ( to support, in a down clue) abbreviations for American and Royal Marines Look for anagrams, where you simply need to rearrange letters to find the answer. For instance, “cash trims” would be “Christmas.” The New York Times finally begins their crossword puzzle legacy. The Farrar era, with Margaret Farrar as the crossword puzzle editor, lasts from 1942 to 1968.

OBSERVE: The two-letter initialism for old boy (as in former pupil/student) precedes the opening shot in tennis etc Word Crossy: Cheats for Word Crossy can be found with our crossword-solver tool. Imagine crosswords but with coin collection and competition. CHEESED OFF : A dairy product that could be Derby, and tip that could be an action with a different sort of Derby. MUSTANG: Take another word meaning bear, as in put up with, without its last letter (briefly) and around it (circling) you need a fool or someone easily taken in. Matt Gaffney likes to start with the theme and then use a divide-and-conquer approach to create his crosswords.CANADIAN: A (3,3) word combination possibly equivalent to “is Celt able” CAN IAN, Ian being a Scottish/Celtic name containing ( to secure) an abbreviation for a form of publicity. The ? at the end indicates that the definition is by example ALPHA: We start with a lurker. The first (leading) character of the Greek alphabet is hiding in (in) the last two words of the clue. Took a surprisingly long time for the penny to drop on this one! Containers imply that you’ll need to insert a word inside of another word, usually indicated in the clue by words like “within” or “surrounding.” OVERATE: The abbreviation for old and judge or assess sandwiching ( touring) the outer letters of ( outskirts of) VENICE ATHLETES: The letter for adult precedes a word for permitted that’s contained by (to be hugged by) a word from the clue without its last letter (most of)

NEGLECT: The abbreviation for new with vote or choose containing ( to secure) the first letter of ( leader of) GOVERNMENT ICING ON THE CAKE : An all-in-one clue. The first word can be a synonym for freezing and the other two the definition. The first crossword puzzle was developed and printed in the Telegraph by Arthur Wynne on 30 July 1925. This

HEADLINE: The single letter for hospital with a serious target date minus its first letter ( failing to open)