Today's The Times Quick Cryptic Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The Times Quick Cryptic

(December 3, 2024)

ACROSS

• 1. Paint book for learners? - Crossword Clue
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• 5. One group of fliers as seen on return journey - Crossword Clue
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• 8. Some reward ancestors for hostile gestures - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Difficult things Cockney must go through? Sorry about that! - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Smart companion in charge - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Support vessel heading back to something hairy - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Prison festival back at end of street - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Daughter surrounded by birds in large groups - Crossword Clue
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• 16. Great time - it's wicked going around! - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Second beer - it may come with a special offer - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Insect that's beginning to feed on meat - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Learner always needing time to establish strategic advantage - Crossword Clue
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• 23. Look to eat very little and get very hungry - Crossword Clue
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• 24. Idea coming when politician entertains ambassador - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 2. Fish approached - see it getting caught here - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Sort of test claimed to be fantastic - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Maybe an extra sequence in the West End? - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Disbelieving extraordinary special act - not the first - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Food ingredient left for number to collect - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Model clothed in crimson rested - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Beautiful female hiding a gun in fluff - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Casual worker set off in storm - Crossword Clue
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• 15. See old boy wait - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Present in box unopened - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Drink fit for a king served up - Crossword Clue
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• 22. Tax introduced by Conservatives - Crossword Clue
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