The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28778 December 5, 2023, Answers
The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28778
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| “Help!” victim called out | SUCCOUR |
| A cardinal holding island back? That’s ludicrous | ASININE |
| A politician drowning in beer and scotch | stamp out |
| A possible clue for when crude | rough-hewn |
| Ask too much of English king in public | OVEREXERT |
| At sea crew initially persisted in bad manners | DISRESPECT |
| Bar allowed female to take up new position | REEF |
| Bitter at 27 time? This might help | electric blanket |
| Blunder by scientist ultimately creating a monster | TERROR |
| Bore with complaint on way back | DRILL |
| Composer dropping in for something to eat | CHOP |
| Destroy with moving victory at beginning of winter | DECIMATE |
| High official, namely one accompanying queen | VIZIER |
| Music producer’s boss claiming £50 | CELLO |
| Nicaragua guerrilla nursing a fever | AGUE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| One generating a lot of interest? | USURER |
| P for Porsche fanatic? | PETROLHEAD |
| Papa alone, so I organised a dance | POLONAISE |
| Regime in which Mary Poppins would feel at home? | nanny state |
| Sailor’s hat boy and I found in lake | TARPAULIN |
| Seeing something, I cry out loud | EYEBALL |
| Sex before church is a sin | VICE |
| Single-minded reactionary resolved to protect old volunteers | DEDICATED |
| Stopping work and hitting the sack | RETIREMENT |
| Stupidly I take men a hallucinogen | KETAMINE |
| The ways of one’s ancestors, might one say? | ROUTES |
| Uncompromising student once having say about home | OBSTINATE |
| University terrified by head of department leaving | READING |
| Witness from trial, breaking schedule, turned up | ATTESTOR |