Today's The Times Cryptic Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The Times Cryptic

(December 24, 2024)

ACROSS

• 1. Returning show restricted by extremely corny humour - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Name a soft drink containing a hint of orange - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Spice Girl accompanying a legendary soprano - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Call into question opinion given by magazine? - Crossword Clue
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• 11. A way of identifying weapon immediately - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Collection of books covering standard, illusionary works - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Instrument does maybe turn around - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Teacher fabricated rubbish about God - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Bird of course mostly seen in wild gardens - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Parsnip oddly lacking flavour at first? Yeah, right! - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Empty spaces in front of Tate taken on by an esteemed artist - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Bachelor being slimy and being inclined to insobriety - Crossword Clue
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• 25. Helicopter shortly to be scrambled for law enforcers - Crossword Clue
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• 26. Demonstrated, perhaps, what couturiers may use - Crossword Clue
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• 27. Continue to obtain cheap Aussie wine from here? - Crossword Clue
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• 28. Deadhead ultimately invested in excellent selection of albums? - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. Guy friends draw parallels between adopting daughter and son - Crossword Clue
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• 2. Virile guards fighting Trojan? - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Departs too soon, at significant cost - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Racehorse runs into lake, uncontrollably - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Ready to keep on getting corrupted - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Time for a quick coffee? - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Action of lifting the foot - Crossword Clue
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• 8. Writer gets rising pulse - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Cheered up after games machine finally arrived - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Dissident about to join family heading north - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Love in <i>Macbeth</i> represented great sacrifice - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Emissions target number set up. It means nothing! - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Colourful arrays of Bond baddies very nearly dead just before the end - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Film, we're told, wasn't a hit - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Type of suit that's partially water-resistant, I guess - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Aerospace company dismissing old person - Crossword Clue
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