The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26858
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Author secretly wore tights to dance | ghost-write |
| Butter in hospital leaving taste less refined | INTRUDER |
| Caption rewritten to protect leader of Lords Spiritual | PLATONIC |
| Charming area within reach across river | ADORABLE |
| Cleverly sculpted statue likely to be hollow | ASTUTELY |
| Column only remaining in support for bridge | PILASTER |
| Cynic — one involved in swindle — means to inherit | DIOGENES |
| Dodgson right in tune with literature initially | CARROLL |
| English lecturer raised point | NODE |
| Flavouring rib and leg with salt | TARRAGON |
| Gag first couple from Lebanon, smuggled in after | SILENCE |
| Game found by river — deep but not wide | POLO |
| Golden vegetable seen in cultivated land | ORCHARD |
| He wrote line about good companion | LONGFELLOW |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Heroic lover with piercing sidelong look | LEANDER |
| House physician makes chief executive powerless | RESIDENT |
| Joint ruler and poet wanting start on time | TETRARCH |
| Material from Derbyshire depressed chap | blue john |
| Medical man with drill causing misery | MOPE |
| Military alliance in collision at once | NATO |
| Oily substance from tree put in ground with nitrogen | TURPENTINE |
| Old prince at graveside finally choosing body | ELECTORATE |
| Old warrior pilots circling raised ground | ACHILLES |
| One million central to assets — that's a rough guess | ESTIMATE |
| One's honour in life less if solitary | LONESOME |
| Opening cold beer, expose rabble | CANAILLE |
| Row about books possibly disheartened retired printer | LINOTYPE |
| You could say we admitted to sick satire | as it were |
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 941
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| After revolution a map includes a new country | PANAMA |
| Animal about to land on the lady who grabs something moving? | CATCHER |
| Award when one gets a hundred in that examination | MEDICAL |
| Crew members pack sets of cards | DECKHANDS |
| Daughter I have found in disreputable den | DIVE |
| Do press on somehow, given external funding | SPONSORED |
| Fellow by exit finds vegetable | MANGETOUT |
| Girl of a skeletal nature, really empty inside | BRYONY |
| Lunch always includes this drink | CHA |
| Meat for Noah's son | HAM |
| Month in which to see king and queen combine harmoniously | MARRY |
| Mother entertains a female, one in criminal outfit | MAFIA |
| No boy demands silly Victorian book | dombey and son |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Old gaoler imprisoning some number in country | TURNKEY |
| Old, big-bellied and pompous | OROTUND |
| Present box, not opening | OFFER |
| Put down amateur | LAY |
| Report offered by a cold nobleman | ACCOUNT |
| Ruin in a location for yachts | MARINA |
| Shock when gimmicky performance falls short | STUN |
| Stake placed between two card players in French port | NANTES |
| Terrible greed at an outdoor refreshment venue | tea garden |
| Vehicle to travel, bringing load | CARGO |
| Very with it, former dictator offering health supplement? | VITAMIN |
| What may release smoke in YMCA's kitchen disastrously | CHIMNEYSTACK |
| Witty saying that's bowled Thomas over | MOT |
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