The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28850 February 27 2024 Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Ask to box good fighter, turning up to prevent cheating | INVIGILATE |
| Brought up-to-date wine plugged by European tax-free? | RENOVATED |
| Colourful bird from which bank of Liffey? | LORY |
| Dissolute rake seized by school head — odd character! | freakishness |
| Eastender’s ashamed, inhabiting urban area in disrepair | TUMBLEDOWN |
| Going out with no one, southern Frenchman’s upset | EGRESSION |
| Group’s reason for not playing badminton? | NONET |
| Hard drink turned up in market | PUSH |
| Humorous use of language, not unknown in press | IRON |
| I’m grateful after unwrapping some yarn, say | HANK |
| In France, noble ruler’s excessively liberal means of punishment | ducking stool |
| Incompatible staff given role following appeal | poles apart |
| Leader of Soviet revolt stifles resistance, causing shock | SURPRISING |
| Left the setter twinkling rings, getting amount paid | INSTALMENT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Maybe Russian in bar almost drinking litre | SLAV |
| Most stout and claret drained, with partners tucking in | chubbiest |
| Polish detective in film | EDIT |
| Reason clock stops working in American’s holidays | spring breaks |
| Rich person in Ithaca developed test for believers | act of faith |
| Saccharin oddly dropped as energy drink ingredient | ACAI |
| Seeking Parisian in Angola’s capital gobbling sandwiches | Endeavouring |
| Showed the way job’s secured in design originally | SIGNPOSTED |
| Silly sports coats and old hat | PASSE |
| Something played in prom breathtakingly | OMBRE |
| State commercial breaks Italy broadcast cease to work | call it a day |
| Two kings with large housing areas in African village | KRAAL |
| Useless and, for Marx, boring socialist worker, say | REDUNDANT |
| What might swell looker sport as well as yuppie’s jackets? | STYE |