The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,495 – Dec 28, 2023, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Actor Will, said to be wild | FERAL |
| Behave theatrically, aloof right away | EMOTE |
| Charlie’s predecessor is excellent | BRAVO |
| City Stalin destroyed British university probes | ISTANBUL |
| Cook scans food to welcome Italy’s top police officer | CHIEFCONSTABLE |
| Courageous women in hospital attending older European revolutionary | HEROINES |
| Dam lake, the one sisters look up to? | MOTHERSUPERIOR |
| Detailed petition after test case | EXAMPLE |
| Discovered treasure-chests being put up for sale | OFFER |
| Dog William’s regularly taken westwards across country | SALUKI |
| Educated character ready to ignore the odds | LETTERED |
| Food from Portugal I mentioned | ALIMENT |
| Going by article following day, papers ignored brawl | AFFRAY |
| Great number in district demanding change of leader | LEGION |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Maybe cobbler ripped off legendary rat-catcher? | PIEDPIPER |
| Overload electrical circuit and become enraged | BLOWAFUSE |
| Peer with sidearm at intervals previously | EARLIER |
| Plant, the result of incredible largesse | EELGRASS |
| Principal act, name I’m backing, American books | DOMINANT |
| Report of gunfire and body seen during disturbance | RIFLESHOT |
| Scattered in all directions, hollow timber | STREWN |
| Searching home for washing-up utensil | SCOURINGPAD |
| Small insect that is circling round drink | SMOOTHIE |
| Stomach pain affected son around middle of afternoon | CRAMPS |
| Superb compilers under pressure as leaders in their field | PACESETTERS |
| Tsunami we validate mostly at sea | TIDALWAVE |
| Vehicle manufacturer, learn it is in trouble | RELIANT |
| Worries about one finding tooth decay | CARIES |