The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,500 – Jan 3, 2024, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 1960s rock band’s stuff filled with energy | CREAM |
| Aiming to get slightly reduced number | ASPIRIN |
| Asylum seeker good to enter EU, free to travel | REFUGEE |
| Bad temper shown by fisherman dropping line | ANGER |
| Batter in upturned polystyrene pots | OPENER |
| Chap I healed with beautiful hands? | MANICURED |
| Complaint from old Tory PM clinging on to youth | MALADY |
| Doctor scowled at sign of fear | COLDSWEAT |
| Dressing always kept by doctor | MAYO |
| Eat dessert to start with? This has a nice smell | AFTERSHAVE |
| Fight participant in pugilism, a tad orthodox | MATADOR |
| Glance from king on throne | LOOK |
| Joke suitable for all by a Biblical character | JOSHUA |
| Maybe top criminal seizing power | SPINNER |
| Mix of dried flowers and grass — chuck it down drain, periodically | POTPOURRI |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| More intoxicated after friend gets Italian port | PALERMO |
| Old hands grasping answer in language exam? | ORAL |
| Place to put picture frame for exhibition — it’s white | ALBUMEN |
| Playing poker outside empty casino in heat earlier | PRECOOK |
| Pop Scotsman composed entertains One Direction | COMPASSPOINT |
| Reading City mostly overwhelmed by Spanish team | RECITAL |
| Return from foolish mooching around capitals in Middle East | HOMECOMING |
| Revolutionary Communist Party welcoming call for boldness | DERRINGDO |
| Second husband boarding air-conditioned train | SCHOOL |
| Setter caught wearing two lingerie items and 100 trinkets | BRICABRAC |
| Starters of organic cod eaten — and now the main | OCEAN |
| Student that is getting university place | LIEU |
| Sub-par performance from hunting dog with no lead | EAGLE |
| Suppose river contains fish one’s seen sliding on ice | FIGURESKATER |
| Wind Harry Potter’s friend up before festival | NOREASTER |