The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 2577 January 20, 2024, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Aha! Repair plan potentially implies lots of equipment | PARAPHERNALIA |
| Bistro owner upset a TU treasurer | RESTAURATEUR |
| Circle, then clumsily retake, a symbol of England? | oak tree |
| Defeat after first of games? Here’s an explanation | GLOSS |
| Dish? Here’s dish with pep, possibly | shepherds pie |
| Doctor left it after working under night-time conditions? | MOONLIT |
| Endpoint of failing memory: to damage language structure | GRAMMAR |
| Expensive press release initially lacking warmth | PRICY |
| Getting involved, with no time for water sport | ANGLING |
| Headless toy that spins | EDDY |
| Journalist longing to upend part of London | HACKNEY |
| Keenly, say, about to come in before due time | EAGERLY |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Manager starts to back off somewhat sharpish | BOSS |
| Meal for boxer? Not something that’s well done | dogs breakfast |
| Noon, as it were? Correct | AMEND |
| Publicity material after the passing of the Queen? | POSTER |
| Recalled difficulty about the old person in market | BUYER |
| Reputation retained by the Spanish decorative coating | ENAMEL |
| Standard symbol of love mostly for upstart | PARVENU |
| Technical talk initially dismissed inert gas | ARGON |
| Trembling aspens holding unknown mental connection | SYNAPSE |
| Unusually large vehicle getting award | OSCAR |
| Water-heater supplied by bloke’s sound? | GEYSER |
| Welsh or Scottish river to carry on intensely | DEEPLY |