The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28742 October 24, 2023, Crossword Answers
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28742
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Almighty squeeze on income, ultimately | HUGE |
| Artificial channel in position on the field | GULLY |
| Awfully unsettled after vacation and ever so tired | OVERUSED |
| Big area has a little grandeur, as I anticipated | EURASIA |
| Bird feeding fish to number of whales | POCHARD |
| Broadcast live in the morning | BEAM |
| Chance one of those written on manuscript paper | ACCIDENTAL |
| Continue through valley, please | GLADDEN |
| Dead bird and mummy found in African capital | DODOMA |
| Down in time, best coming earlier | PLUMAGE |
| Exceptional — as work in relief? | OUTSTANDING |
| Fizzy tonic water warmer when it’s cold? | winter coat |
| For example, king or queen in movie, original | picture card |
| Formal garment with pleats, reportedly? | TUX |
| Host in fluster finally donning skimpy outfit | THRONG |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Hotel worker maybe interrupting while new person washed up | has-been |
| Indefinite number populating a northern Spanish city and northern French city | AVIGNON |
| Novel lament of Venus de Milo? | A Farewell to Arms |
| Old comedian almost getting head in order | ABBOT |
| One removed from main cooker? | CHEF |
| Orang-utan briefly wrestled with legendary adventurer | ARGONAUT |
| Party without bottles? Don’t ask me! | no can do |
| Poet’s wife, poetically, is blessed with technique | HATHAWAY |
| Quest to find page in issue among the archives? | EXPEDITION |
| Shift gear, car failing to start — one probably not flying? | BUDGERIGAR |
| Singers in empty theatre, it needing audio equipment brought in | TITMICE |
| Something on bottom of boot in farm | STUD |
| Ten visiting Bucharest go twice around a house | saxe-coburg-gotha |
| Today’s pie virtually ruined — miserable state | DYSTOPIA |
| Wife neglecting sandwich getting blame | RAP |