The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28801 January 1 2024 Clues and Solutions
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| About to join expert in boat | CORACLE |
| Arrested in putsch, king has cause to breathe with difficulty | CROUP |
| Being sensible, reached deal after arrangement | clear-headed |
| Best fashion show on TV? | top gear |
| Biblical mother-in-law I complain about | NAOMI |
| Boy’s inspired idea — to visit Santa here? | LAPLAND |
| Caligula’s so cruel, almost to the end | SIC |
| Concession made by idiot after change of heart | SOP |
| Constant congestion unsettled the authorities | COGNOSCENTI |
| Delay, putting nothing unusual in stable | STONEWALL |
| Drove dangerously, as funeral director did? | UNDERTOOK |
| Feeble cook keeling over, losing face | WET |
| Get on with some scallywag, re-employed | AGREE |
| Increasingly tawdry stunt involving ambassador | CHEAPER |
| Kindly butcher providing this for glutton? | free-liver |
| Little covered in Times post | TWEET |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Obsequious? No city chaps can be so! | SYCOPHANTIC |
| Order unit to intercept arms | ORDINANCE |
| Polish administrator putting down resistance | PERFECT |
| Possible Belfast firm that is preserving singular cooking method | NICOISE |
| Relaxed, being pressed to dismiss His Majesty | EASED |
| Road round Corsica perhaps making one annoyed | RILED |
| Run off with reactionary East European | ELOPE |
| Soldier beginning to goad weakest in group | GRUNT |
| Support scruffy modern teens | ENDORSEMENT |
| Timetable for Mass | PROGRAMME |
| Tree from Mediterranean island, I hear | CYPRESS |
| Type to cheat, billions going missing | ILK |
| University, particular one associated with Republican defeat | REPULSE |
| Way in which great strides are made? | savile row |
| Wearing expensive coat I dined, provoking anger | INFURIATE |
| You might have to pay for this confession | ADMISSION |