The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28825 January 29 2024 Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A true Damascene conversion holding mass in leisure centre | amusement arcade |
| Always empty eateries on top of Table Mountain | EVEREST |
| Backing singer of swing, Yankee jazz fan and wild thing | alley cat |
| Barking ‘woof!’, dog tiring at play | waiting for godot |
| Dark edges of intimate clothing | NIGHTIE |
| Fish dish containing potassium | PIKE |
| Flipping obsessive expert, one high in stature, smart Alec | know-it-all |
| Former leader emerging from Korea gang | REAGAN |
| Higher class work performed by tree surgeon? | a cut above |
| Job with Head of Alsace Resistance after VE Day? | POSTWAR |
| Knife work unfortunately put Dan in prison | nip and tuck |
| Light rubber and aluminium device extending PC performance | ALADDIN |
| Page including verbiage | PADDING |
| Parliament rising to support Ireland’s premier epic work of literature | ILIAD |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Percussionist daughter getting increasingly weird | DRUMMER |
| Ready for a fight by obelisks, with honours even | at daggers drawn |
| Renouncing a bitcoin ad that’s circulating | ABDICATION |
| Riverbank creature having earth in Buddhist temple | water rat |
| Robust line in figurative expression that hurts | TOWROPE |
| San Marino ready for manufacturing salt | ordinary seaman |
| Say a reverend bishop popped round to guzzle energy drink? | BEVERAGE |
| Second in command collecting junk still | STATIC |
| Sharp expressions of disapproval about being stuck in A&E | ASTUTE |
| Take command of moneylending business, assuming power for years | USURP |
| That is The Times boss purged | SCOURED |
| The setter’s visibly embarrassed to admit papa, behold, was begging | IMPLORED |
| Turning tap to conserve key non-renewable fuel | PEAT |
| Wine store putting up mature old Burgundy principally | BODEGA |