The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28810 January 11, 2024, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A musical, but not a book | ACTS |
| About to fail — like one’s indicators? | on the blink |
| Ask for private trainee | BEGINNER |
| Book one has expert on cheese | PROVOLONE |
| Brown has muzzled dog, keeping it quiet | TACITURN |
| Clever voiding of guarantee, unions I suspect defending it | INGENIOUS |
| Courage is lacking in this mug, lovely chap? | HEARTTHROB |
| Course that’s hard in Notts town | WORKSHOP |
| Draw string | TIE |
| English accessing castle, tipsy — is one hammered? | CELESTA |
| Fancy horse that’s hugging rails initially | FRILLY |
| Fines collected, last of those stuffed into trousers | LEVIES |
| Fish swimming around hooks | GAR |
| Furniture item, rope securing pedal? | coffee table |
| Greek character in second statue? | MONUMENT |
| Island oddly curved then | CRETE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Italian maestro edges away from junction, heading for Italy | ROSSINI |
| Laugh, glugging whiskey in state of excitement | |
| Measure sovereign | RULER |
| Move south and north touring old US city | HOUSTON |
| Mythical bird bigger, so gigantic ultimately | ROC |
| OK, one has cut source of fibre — half one’s loaf? | right brain |
| Old carriage I observed in pursuit | CHAISE |
| Place no longer functions, decorate building on high street? | post office |
| Relative Fleming, say, rubbed out in Russian fiction novel | first cousin |
| Skyscraper, say, erected on what? | TOWER |
| Something soft on the ground | DOWN |
| Winning gamble — result! | UPSHOT |
| With all players expressing disapproval, sending off no good | TUTTI |
| Writer of silent work shut up | CAGE |
| Wrong pace after retirement | TORT |