The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26807
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A bit of time given to something in TV break? | TAD |
| A number of points arose, oddly neglected in explanations | ANSWERS |
| A particular angle shows church lacking in brightness | RADIAN |
| Articulate professional, name with a bit of weight | PRONOUNCE |
| Baddie pinning queen by the French bed | CRADLE |
| Beastly female given crown? I couldn't care less! | so what |
| Corrupt clergy, one hundred in a mission that's phoney | simoniacs |
| Course one gets on to pursue prosperity | SUCCESSION |
| Funny group of women like some wine on shelf | WISECRACK |
| Hide in state of agitation with prince finally entering | LEATHER |
| Man in biological unit attached to English university | EUGENE |
| Management of image in muddle after firm gets contract | COMPRESS |
| Men set about Everest, unfortunately make a wrong move | OVERSTEER |
| Moved slowly, being nicked, quietly led off | INCHED |
| Painter missing the bottom bit of entrance | INGRES |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Pony incapacitated initially in inadequate accommodation? | SHELTIE |
| Purification of member of medieval sect and little relation | CATHARSIS |
| Quietly stops one taking excessive interest in trespasser | USURPER |
| Restrictive legislation was slammed by officer protecting navy | corn laws |
| Sailor given marks — keeps off the rum? | ABSTAINS |
| Saint always presented as one with foresight | SEER |
| Small containers for drink put down beside donkeys | demitasses |
| Soldier is kept in old office, back in S American city | VALPARAISO |
| Some feel Kandinsky is revolutionary artist | KLEE |
| Supplicant saying something twice, about to be dismissed with little hesitation | PETITIONER |
| Swimmers from America in the sea, close to shore | MEDUSAE |
| This person, a more confident ruler? | MEASURER |
| Tool in pit getting left abandoned | HOE |
| Toughness of floral components | STAMINA |
| With socialist going to extremes fuss is made again | RECREATED |
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 899
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Academics holding over draft publications | PROOFS |
| Autumn in various centres is somewhat gloomy | CRESTFALLEN |
| Billet fated for demolition where soldiers are active | BATTLEFIELD |
| Brandish weapon, taking on English literary figure | SHAKESPEARE |
| Caught with a quantity of milk overturned (pet's favourite) | CATNIP |
| Collective wisdom about one French river | LOIRE |
| Die down? Some wretched wind lessens | DWINDLE |
| Factory I support in an instant | MILLISECOND |
| Fed up about article, apparently not hearing? | DEAF |
| I stop tucking into cod, say — far too tough | FIENDISH |
| Like many TV series, is copied fraudulently | EPISODIC |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Mistress, maybe, with item of gossip about team? | a bit on the side |
| Problem ward, is this | DRAWBACK |
| Promising bad weather as reported by The Times? | THUNDERY |
| Racecourse where you'll see a person from the North | ASCOT |
| Refuse to acknowledge study, say, in the end | DENY |
| Slender model debuts in Western action in film | WAIF |
| Stick tin next to middle of shelf | CANE |
| Touching performance, dressed in hat | TACTILE |
| Understand about power presented by church sermon? | SPEECH |
| University put in figures showing prestige | STATUS |
| What hotel may provide attempt at a compromise? | ACCOMMODATION |
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