The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 2543 December 7, 2023, Answers
The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 2543
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A US city — whichever one | ANY |
| Cake is warmer at home | MUFFIN |
| Cheating with a huff until put right | UNFAITHFUL |
| Dress used by ballerina twice the same day | TUTU |
| Expect a delay | AWAIT |
| Gelatin is in vitreous vessel | ISINGLASS |
| Give up, utterly without energy | QUIT |
| Greedily wanting one new standard assessment task, one in competent style | INSATIABLY |
| His maps I’d put in a mess somewhere on board | AMIDSHIPS |
| Historian girl is entertained by lieutenant | ANNALIST |
| Keen to get a six on top of die | AVID |
| Mint upset with this metalworker | TINSMITH |
| Mum’s abandoned biggest dress | MAXI |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| One is a leader of Muslims | IMAM |
| Plant unknown in Northern Ireland area | ZINNIA |
| Prior to unit getting broken on line | UNTIL |
| Problem about large area of poor housing | SLUM |
| Remain holding British pounds securely | STABLY |
| Robber’s drunken manner with crew | HIGHWAYMAN |
| Sadly a girl is taken short | ALAS |
| Shocked initially and greatly horrified at such treatment | AGHAST |
| Stagger, nearly attacked by a wasp | STUN |
| Topless omnibus, dreadful in rain cloud | NIMBUS |
| What’s regularly encountered in adults is some tendency to detachment | AUTISM |
| Working at basic lab, getting paid leave | SABBATICAL |