The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28798 December 28 2023 Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Accepting the odds, play this on area outside house | PATIO |
| After inconclusive vote, emerge and create sharp division | POLARISE |
| Alternative suggestion from bartender? | COUNTERPROPOSAL |
| Amongst others, one providing fresh test for student | RESIT |
| British statesman on line, counterpart of Charles de Gaulle | HEATHROW |
| Challenge a vain statement from me | IMPEACH |
| Delay writing on Internet about university’s hypothesis | POSTULATE |
| Dirt sea spread across both sides of bay, perhaps | ASTRIDE |
| English footballer of fifty with a total of two sons | LIONESS |
| Fast runner I caught in short burst | OSTRICH |
| For example, bishop making quiet pronouncement | PIECE |
| Give up? It could be far worse | FORSWEAR |
| Hard worker assembling good part of roof | GRAFTER |
| Holiday destination that’s British? You betcha! | BRIGHTON |
| Makes assertion, in theory wrongly, about a pressure that’s off-putting for patient | aversion therapy |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| One who stops? Just the opposite | STAYER |
| Passed in City’s second half score | TWENTY |
| Philosopher’s request for help wrapping box | SOCRATES |
| Psychologist in hearing, one who keeps records | ANNALIST |
| Rejected role as provincial governor once | SATRAP |
| Road-making material, when soft, to stop working? | ASPHALT |
| See actor rejecting each part | SECTOR |
| Showing ambition in the form of sanctimonious tirade | ASPIRANT |
| Something hot or cold, like snacks in bar | TAPAS |
| Something made for passageway | PRODUCT |
| Strength of current in all directions | SINEW |
| Take precaution against being shocked or heart initially sinking | EARTH |
| Unknown’s withdrawn from Irish part in series that comes to nought? | COUNTDOWN |
| Up to a point, about the speaker, who cares? | SOMEWHAT |
| Weight that is misrepresented as something unspecified | WHATSIT |