Answer: SPORTIVE
The answer SPORTIVE has 15 possible clues. See the results below.
Possible Clues:
- Merry and encouraging, not revolting
- Lively and encouraging, though not winning
- Gay's left in Sierra (the setter's)
- Frolicsome
- Up for play but not up for helping with encouragement
- Buddy in Oz with Burl, mostly frolicsome
- It proves unusually playful
- After second drink I have to be frolicsome
- Second drink I have makes me frisky
- Playful eccentric tips over
Last seen in:
- The Times - Specialist - Mephisto No 3256
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,295 - Nov 19 2020
- The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,428 - Apr 30 2020
- Wall Street Journal - Jun 21 2017 - Making Waves
- The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 1,520 - Dec 18 2015
- The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,484 - Feb 2 2015
- The Times - Cryptic - This puzzle is from 1982 as the puzzle 25,819 is the third and final championship qualifying puzzle and is available as a pdf for online contestants. Normal Saturday puzzles will resume next week. - June 21, 2014
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,198 - Mar 26 2010
- The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 26,134 - Jan 11 2010
- The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 181 - Jul 15 2009