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Times Cryptic Jumbo 1378
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Very grateful for all help with these clues please.
1ac: “Being a good husband to Verity? Or less than faithful? (10, 4,3,5).”
19dn: “The latest, if far from the best, careers? (3,4,7,4).”
20ac: “Ghastly rotter claims to have pinched half of ours (10).”
34ac: “Novel keeping (at first) prose writer father in a job (6-6).”
1ac: “Being a good husband to Verity? Or less than faithful? (10, 4,3,5).”
19dn: “The latest, if far from the best, careers? (3,4,7,4).”
20ac: “Ghastly rotter claims to have pinched half of ours (10).”
34ac: “Novel keeping (at first) prose writer father in a job (6-6).”
Answers
1a Economical with the truth 19d Bad news travels fast 20a Cadaverous - 'ou(rs)' (half, in) 'cad' + 'avers' (claims) 34a Worker- priest - anag 'k(eeping; first) prose writer'
13:13 Sun 28th Apr 2019