The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 26980
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Almost unrestricted speed in run | OPERATE |
| Bit embarrassed evidently by second husband | SHRED |
| Climbing pea’s tips concealed plant pest | APHID |
| Devil that is heartless model for irreverence | IMPIETY |
| Dreadful crustacean in river drained lake | EXECRABLE |
| Drinkers drinking still in Kentish Town? | SEVENOAKS |
| Edmund Crouchback say thrown in road by king | LANCASTER |
| Fantastic doctor to close with thread over in A&E | AWESOME |
| Fellow brought to court with daughter shivers | MATCHWOOD |
| Foremost among minds that cracks cases? | HOLMES |
| Glib learner in pub is transformed with ale | PLAUSIBLE |
| Huge effort required to admit old prejudice | BIGOTRY |
| Item with Oedipal strings attached? | APRON |
| Loading at sea keeps ship in rapid passage | GLISSANDO |
| Loveless pair become confused in silly talk | TWADDLE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Message online and call from branch? | TWEET |
| Old city has loyal citizens, in for exercise | CONSTANTINOPLE |
| One readily turns extremist joining faction | wing nut |
| Own silver on table at last | AGREE |
| Rabble-rousing lacks initial impression | EDITION |
| Revolutionary drink sweetheart uncovered? | KIROV |
| Serve Republican British bitter | ACERB |
| Silhouette’s one small horse breaking into dash | EPONYM |
| Speech coming out of our mouth? | estuary english |
| State in which a priest entertains a bishop | ALABAMA |
| Storyteller sending up main work | AESOP |
| Theatre skill doubled energy in comic dialogue | REPARTEE |
| US writer and editor welcoming Kew grower | Pokeweed |
| We weren’t first knights wicked pursuer’s trapped | runners-up |
| We’re toast having rolled vehicle | two-seater |
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