The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 2582 January 26 2024 Answers and Solutions
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Ace military pilots coming up from a distance | AFAR |
| Briefly agitate cool war leader | CHURCHILL |
| Central Bulgaria: sky outdoors brings shocked reaction! | i ask you |
| Chief measure | RULER |
| Clear lie about end of malpractice | RESET |
| Custer had one go on bear! | last stand |
| Delegate announced a function for mathematicians | ASSIGN |
| Drunk abstains until becoming weak | INSUBSTANTIAL |
| Emaciated Yankee just below summit | PEAKY |
| French people inhabiting cabin or mansion | NORMANS |
| General left to tuck into a large slice of bread | all-round |
| Go pale: hint leg is broken | LIGHTEN |
| Great performance from Venetian queen once | BLINDER |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Moderate force used in dispersing tadpoles | soft-pedal |
| Nine months? Indeed! | YEA |
| One going on to choose Civil Service’s visionary study | OPTICS |
| Parrot maybe left in old college | POLLY |
| Pinched glove: let off | GAUNT |
| Ruth showing up in County Tipperary | PITY |
| Small sibling holding up small horse, in summary | SYNOPSIS |
| Stopping going to nightclubs, grabbing books in university! | discontinuing |
| Such an invaluable assistant is just present | right hand |
| Surpass international player | CAP |
| Swindle German wife and daughter | FRAUD |
| Tree is what burns, largely | FIR |
| Wine on the far left? | RED |