The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 2555 December 25, 2023, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Claim Yorkshire town has no hotel | ARROGATE |
| Continue to chatter in the country | GABON |
| Criticise star with a ”wonder cure” | PANACEA |
| Devious importers giving false account | MISREPORT |
| Doctor and a mother in play | DRAMA |
| Exact account given by junior minister | ACCURATE |
| Excellent time in side anticipating action? | WAITING |
| Exclamation of love, repeated with afterthought | OOPS |
| Extremely robust, a prison? Prisoner gets outside it! | cast-iron |
| Female performer gets agent | FACTOR |
| Flourish as learner in time of prosperity | BLOOM |
| Grown-up to speak furiously, having swallowed drug (impure stuff) | ADULTERANT |
| Head is crazy person | NUT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Like a manned boat sounding primitive | CREWED |
| Member to ascend without leader | LIMB |
| Not in favour of a drink with tonic? | AGIN |
| One politician finishing on the way | IMPENDING |
| Person shunned in French city endlessly, a husband | PARIAH |
| Propose changes? Voter not in favour | OPPOSER |
| Punishing writer and boxer, perform song | penalising |
| Smear second-rate group | BLOT |
| Tool making holes everyone heard | AWL |
| Two cricket sides making irregular appearances? | off and on |
| Want a source of light, becoming angry | NEEDLED |
| What a serial! Characters in it provide a shocker | TASER |
| Work with solicitor or choose to depart? | opt out |