Today's The Times Cryptic Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The Times Cryptic

(December 2, 2024)

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• 1. Reactionary new school lacking aspiration - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Is one clever to welcome Conservative, it being civilised? - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Badly mistreat an old puffer? - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Husband that's horrible - this chap? - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Warrior suffers, wrongly held - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Look after dilapidated vehicle going round sharp bend, perhaps - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Old poems from the east, almost all augmented - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Tough guy going round concealing dread - Crossword Clue
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• 18. What might offer illumination when in fix? - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Noble old king, 50, beating a retreat - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Make a fuss about judge dropping an E - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Around island, I cannot shake inertia - Crossword Clue
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• 25. A clever remark backfiring a bit? - Crossword Clue
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• 26. Rescue men I deport in error - Crossword Clue
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• 27. A rebel soldier lost in scholarly setting - Crossword Clue
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• 28. Annoyed shopper starts to express dismay - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 2. Greek agents about to acquire Times - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Restore ecstasy enjoyed by Hindu queen and consort - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Building material inventor left half abandoned - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Book overseas trip - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Free of sin, as some popes were - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Hate violent crime associated with men - Crossword Clue
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• 8. A long way from lethargy, I suspect - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Mark of a poor reviewer, they say - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Doctor protects a bystander - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Message in TV broadcast having little weight - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Inquisitor in call for truce on island - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Abused Cockney ready to explode - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Joke about weight taken the wrong way - toxic stuff! - Crossword Clue
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