The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28805 January 5, 2024, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Ancient priests in one school, coming from the east | MAGI |
| Arbitrary decree given in country when close to collapse | UKASE |
| City of Lima in one answer that’s anagrammed | New Orleans |
| Coffee business included in register of names | ROBUSTA |
| Companion always providing festive fare | CHEER |
| Downfall: government’s leader reproaching himself? | RUING |
| Evening watching telly perhaps with good beer in Florence? | NIGHTINGALE |
| Famed Greek in Brussels irrational, taking travels round | EURIPIDES |
| Focal point in long poem with short introduction | EPICENTRE |
| Giant blunder in field, Rome rescinding order | OGRE |
| Guided through central Leon, missile finds old capital | ESCUDO |
| Landlord with brains printed notepaper | LETTERHEAD |
| Naked scoundrel at last donning pants | BALD |
| Offensive show covering Hell’s inner regions | INDELICATE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Politician having chat outside Parliament is warmer? | greenhouse gas |
| Queen occasionally insulted drunken hooligans | DELINQUENTS |
| Sailor bitter about boarding ship produces film | Star Wars |
| Scandinavians displaying no forte, the boozers | INNS |
| Senator one recalled, an adviser to Nero | SENECA |
| Shop piano, used in brooding genre, backing Mathieson? | EMPORIUM |
| Skirt or a pair worn? | APRON |
| Starter of quail for instance — and goose | EGG |
| Subatomic merger in our fuel — cans buckling! | nuclear fusion |
| Teaching English with Latin could upset learners leaving | EDUCATION |
| The limit in having no power around Paddington? | UNBEARABLE |
| The Spanish writer with garment lifting becomes tetchy | IRASCIBLE |
| To which ruined tower cardinal is admitted? | WHERETO |
| Where Neagh is, lough, duck found therein? | NIL |