The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27094
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Red’ nation, ultimately lacking energy, invested in fossil fuel | COCHINEAL |
| A charge for broadcaster’s buttonhole | ACCOST |
| Amazon’s business returns left foremost of investors worried | e-tail |
| Amiable clot keeps backing in | CONGENIAL |
| Artful Republican entering second year | TRICKY |
| Artiste in French employment on ecstasy | DANSEUSE |
| Belts as footwear | SOCKS |
| Benefit from a curtain in auditorium | AVAIL |
| Burning ambition of spy, abandoning southern state | PYROMANIA |
| Cause of infestation in Spooner’s heavy metal establishment? | head louse |
| Charlie had an impact after switching ends | DOLT |
| Fail to secure degree — Open University course for seamen | LOBSCOUSE |
| Faulty clue appears — not right for ‘purée’ | apple sauce |
| Fawn was born at the end of April | CAMEL |
| Form the basis of nameless stress? | UNDERLIE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Frozen bones heading to the bottom | ICED |
| Ground-breaking railway shunned by academy adjoining line | SEMINAL |
| Heat from another microscopic sample | THERMIC |
| Heath wherein weird sister moved involuntarily | TWITCHED |
| Hip-related trouble on the rise in current century | ILIAC |
| Humour eluding criminal | INDULGE |
| Instruction from Rome to contact Spanish stadium | BULLRING |
| Making regular appearances, golfer aims to shine | GLEAM |
| Partner, at end of session, home at last | TERMINALLY |
| Presenter’s awful anachronism is edited out | ANCHORMAN |
| Several branches of tree put a strain on line | extended family |
| Sign of omission pains head of trade | CARET |
| Space age opportunity for school-leavers? | gap year |
| Where to dock horse captured by fighting force? | WHARF |
| With jibe, spin doctor set out what we can expect in post | job description |
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