The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 2590 February 5 2024 Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A hundred and one restrictions in places like Leeds | CITIES |
| Appeal of domestic cleaner, little maiden | CHARM |
| Be a girl, disguised in nativity play role? | GABRIEL |
| Boy eating a vegetable | BEAN |
| Cain’s brother, one with a shrub | ABELIA |
| Caught fibres in items of furniture | CHAIRS |
| Erects billets | puts up |
| Imagine avoiding one tricky puzzle! | ENIGMA |
| Jock’s exclamation about a particular colour | OCHRE |
| Joy with members of family ousting extremists | ELATION |
| Juice to some extent poisonous apparently | SAP |
| Managed to continue in Asian capital once | RANGOON |
| Nothing in trick to excite | ROUSE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Nuts as items on Christmas table | CRACKERS |
| Ought US city to be gripped by an obsession? | ANYTHING |
| Peer coming ahead of time stopped prematurely | EARL |
| Register thanks, having got home nurse | ENTERTAIN |
| Resort in Iberian country not favoured | SPA |
| Said again, looking embarrassed about country | RESTATED |
| Source of water? Fancy that! | WELL |
| Sport enthusiast impedes international — someone very young | INFANT |
| Take out old pamphlet | EXTRACT |
| Tree in land close to sea, we hear | BEECH |
| Unhappy about German city’s educational establishment | SORBONNE |
| Uplifting demeanour in dire situation | DOOM |
| With cry, Teresa upset office worker | SECRETARY |