The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28773 November 29, 2023 Answers
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28773
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Beatles manager once leaving record for writer | STEIN |
| Character billed as old and decrepit — nothing to it | donald duck |
| Count to play the informer | TELL |
| Crew said something at Chiswick in Boat Race | EYOT |
| Daughters in coffee bar that’s contemporary | latter-day |
| Debauchee having left island, knight Edward VII embraces? | LIBERTINE |
| Despair initially avoided may become hope | ASPIRE |
| Disowned aide, put out, getting into the wine | REPUDIATED |
| Duke ingesting MDMA joins a celebration | FIESTA |
| Family outside on marks close to royal citadel | KREMLIN |
| Impatient exclamation from Scot splitting cheese roll | BRIOCHE |
| Measure Juliet put into pub’s glass container | bell jar |
| Northern town taxi turned towards a centre | BACUP |
| Old Greek character given support raised snakes | OPHIDIA |
| Outlaws part that’s wrapped with note | BANDITTI |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Partners in crime? | ABETS |
| Patent protecting firm — origin of Apple Mac? | OVERCOAT |
| Sauce and beans occasionally found in pancake | TABASCO |
| Second sin St Anthony embodies? | INSTANT |
| Select times for admission to A&E? That’s ground-breaking! | PICKAXE |
| Sheep kills time in an easterly wind | LEICESTER |
| Short file, kept by alliance in Somerset, that goes sideways | CARTWHEEL |
| Showing heart, cross about conflict, one trained to attack | centre forward |
| Spontaneous occurrence before the public holiday | OUTBREAK |
| Take serious risks? Ditch the idea, bowling round wicket | dice with death |
| Taken to beer without opening tin cans? | STOLEN |
| The Fool — as shown in the cards? | JACKASS |
| Trap a king — what’s stopping merry old one? | CAKEHOLE |
| United by wise tradition | USAGE |
| Whistler secured in bank that’s robbed? | BEREFT |