The Telegraph – CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,523 – Jan 30 2024 Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A bird caught by sweet European, showing talent | APTITUDE |
| Adult in party lay bare | REVEAL |
| Areas in buildings male wears little jumpers? | ROOMS |
| Chicken with monkey | WIMP |
| Cud-chewing animal with no tail arrived | CAME |
| Cushion scratching head frequently | OFTEN |
| Draws attention to small locks | STRESSES |
| Finish fixing motorway exits | ENDING |
| Fully developed ancient city in China | MATURE |
| High notes played by daughter | STONED |
| Is framing prisoner’s portraits | ICONS |
| Loads of boyfriend lessons? Only some | ENDLESS |
| Marmalade, perhaps, Paddington’s opening with reticence | PRESERVE |
| Moving on a super sledge finally leaving South Pole? | EUROPEAN |
| Nicer tuna at sea? Not sure | UNCERTAIN |
| Novel about bear almost biting Charlie twice | REBECCA |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| One chap maintaining drink temperature’s crucial | IMPORTANT |
| Panning chapter on organised crime — it is lacking energy | CRITICISM |
| Partly regrets isolating flipping relative | SISTER |
| Plain ugly green ties | SERENGETI |
| Retiring soldier | PRIVATE |
| Rolls cut the wrong way | BUNS |
| Seize antidote suitable to be consumed | CAPTURE |
| Short comb — tricky problem for Barber? | COMPOSER |
| State answer in Latin with no struggling | NATIONAL |
| Sterilisers and cleansers, primarily — hospital department’s smells | SCENTS |
| Studied a small river entering sea? | MEASURED |
| Vulgar programme on the radio | COARSE |
| Watched old boy work for diamonds | OBSERVED |
| Wife taken in by brand’s promise | SWEAR |
| Writer wrong to avoid conclusion | AMIS |
| Zoom calling | CAREER |