We consider the loveliest shade in our collection of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
In the sample clues below, the links take you to explainers from our beginners’ series. The setter’s name often links to an interview with him or her, in case you feel like getting to know these people better.
24acSome sunbathe? Sit at eateries?Don’t all rush! (8)
[wordplay: hidden in (“some”) SUBATHESITATEATERIES]
[definition: don’t all rush]
15ac‘Stuffit!’ — Queen unhappily entertaining Johnson (9)
[wordplay: anagram (“unhappily”) of QUEENIT, containing (“entertaining”) abbrev. for Johnson’s job title]
[EQUIENT containing PM]
[definition: stuff]
18d One’s purple in bed, if such frolics end in angina (7)
[wordplay: anagram (“frolics”) of IFSUCH + last letter of (“end in”) ANGINA ]
[definition: something purple in a (flower) bed]
1ac Father about heartless performance: “It’s supposed to be funny” (6)
[wordplay: synonym for “father”, containing (“about”) synonym for “performance” without middle letter (“heartless”)]
[SIRE containing ACT without C]
[definition: it’s supposed to be funny]