A search for soccer in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
Reader, have I missed some great World Cup-themed puzzles? Eccles refers to the man of the moment ...
3dRussianscrum-half’s job (3-2)
[ what a scrum-half should do to a ball ]
7dEven US Defensedepartment provides a bit of football? (7,8)
[ synonym for ‘even’ + nickname of US dept of defense ]
Today's NYT Daily Mini has stolen my clue!https://t.co/BtVRdCAYSZpic.twitter.com/Uu4uTU6lgM
17ac Margin containing recipe associated with English root vegetable (7)
[ synonym for ‘margin’ surrounding abbrev.s for ‘recipe’ and ‘English’ ]
[ SKIRT surrounding R and E ]
1. a. A perennial umbelliferous plant, Sium sisarum, a species of water parsnip, formerly much cultivated in Europe for its esculent tubers; the root of this plant.
8acThe bean scale, to put it another way? (7,5)
[ anagram of THEBEANSCALE ]