The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,501 – Jan 4, 2024, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A party, lot making love | ADORATION |
| Abandons Democrat over irritations | DITCHES |
| Alter, doing another possible tinkering initially | ADAPT |
| Butchers laugh terribly about butchery | SLAUGHTER |
| Coppers on alert arresting individual | PERSONAL |
| Declaration of marriage following admirer | IDOLATER |
| Empty pub about now’s opening | BARREN |
| Exclude nothing embracing sweetheart for party | BEANO |
| Fellow absorbing adult writer | TWAIN |
| Flooding a lot? Wear these! | WELLINGTONS |
| Heroic nobleman imprisoned in iron ship | FEARLESS |
| Located around nightclub’s centre getting thwarted | SPITED |
| Nearly time for evening | NIGHT |
| New lord and almost turned squire | LANDOWNER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| One incites outrage occasionally covering Queen | URGER |
| Pass cost United a thrashing | OUTDISTANCE |
| Possibly purchases gifts, finally limping | SHOPPING |
| Principal character from Aesop? | ALPHA |
| Rate head of state after goofs | ASSESS |
| Selfish fan reined in a cost | INCONSIDERATE |
| Shellfish from sailor with a sole | ABALONE |
| Show decline in gasp for breath | PAGEANT |
| Supporters support drowning in drinks | APOSTLES |
| Tireless debating if ale is drunk | INDEFATIGABLE |
| Travelling theatre is most vulgar | EARTHIEST |
| Wound dressing around injured fibrous tissue | LIGAMENT |
| Yellowish light underneath church hall | CHAMBER |
| Young man and mum swear | SHAVER |