The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 2500 October 9 2023 Crossword Answers
The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 2500
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Be without the old retired valet | LACKEY |
| Blandishments from cook drinking coffee | FLATTERY |
| Chirpy type taking notes in US intelligence | CICADA |
| Crossing river, arrived at small cave | GROTTO |
| Eastern vacation ultimately feasible, much to be desired | ENVIABLE |
| European working in a manor | ROMANIAN |
| Fellow having wander round back of big tree | MANGROVE |
| Finance duke used to support entertainment | FUND |
| Genuine-sounding Scottish dance | REEL |
| Like rough ground? That’s odd | UNEVEN |
| Loan shark certain to reside in ancient city | USURER |
| Lose everything, presumably, being a dipsomaniac | WINO |
| Lout spilling oil in Native American hut | HOOLIGAN |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Norse god — initially only deity in Norway | ODIN |
| Perk up, hearing of south coast resort | BRIGHTEN |
| Reflect about old Mickey, perhaps | MOUSE |
| Right time of life for fashion | RAGE |
| Scandinavian invader’s female ruler | VIKING |
| Seabird circling a very public house | TAVERN |
| Stake in metropolitan tenement | ANTE |
| Tawdry gear used by school | KITSCH |
| The vehicle in front? | VAN |
| Wading bird biting head off rue? | EGRET |
| Wager involving everyone in Swan Lake, for example | BALLET |
| Wish of French teacher, possibly, to take English | DESIRE |