The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28763 November 17, 2023, Crossword Answers
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28763
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Advocate spending week in bed | LAYER |
| Angers policeman involved in international deal | INFLICT |
| Bold daughter wanting sisters of parents? | DAUNTLESS |
| Bore gave way under pressure | YIELDED |
| Continuous exercise almost causes stroke | SOLIDUS |
| Converted period styles in a novel way | Proselytised |
| Decide to work out again | RESOLVE |
| Decreases 40 per cent of lines in text | SLIMS |
| Difficult test checked by German and not disputed | UNCHALLENGED |
| Drinking game finishing midway after friend’s return | Lapping |
| Half of people in cast like glamour models? | TOPLESS |
| How long it will take obligation to overwhelm spirit | TIMESCALE |
| Inconsiderate bank is putting husband down | SELFISH |
| Lively girl cut short character embracing Bill | LADETTE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Mistress places importance on flowers | ladys-tresses |
| Most of team learning endless filth | SQUALOR |
| Narrow strip of land lacking enclosure for animal runs | INSULAR |
| New science lab is difficult to get to | INACCESSIBLE |
| Person with no faith in country where Democrat gains advancement | INFIDEL |
| Referred deal, subject to review involving Law Lord | ALLUDED |
| Republican replacing head of firm in support of monarch | ROYAL |
| Sentimental alumni upset about closure of Harvard | MAUDLIN |
| Spotted duke in Berlin dancing | BRINDLE |
| Sweeten start of contract providing opening fittingly | dulcify |
| Terminal losing one-third of trains is not right for board? | UNEATABLE |
| What flows when measuring unusually dry places? | CLEPSYDRA |
| Wooden support used to raise contents of beds | STILTED |
| You are wearing top that’s brightly coloured | LURID |