| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27145 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Absent-minded don, not working, is characteristic | DISTRAIT |
| All-points bulletin? | NEWS |
| Bank finally inclined to abolish penny coin? | KRONE |
| Car __ old one, mostly internal combustion with unlimited power | AUTOCRATIC |
| Chat with consumers of computer with a lock on the outside | table talk |
| Confines father over row | FRONTIER |
| Confused rush and grass | PANIC |
| Decline operation under doctor who’s finishing | DROOP |
| Endless fun sightseeing? Oscar’s gone looking ahead | FUTURISTIC |
| Failed riverboat broken up without resistance | ABORTIVE |
| Finish off second young seal | mop up |
| For the time being basic learning is confined to the afternoon | pro tem |
| Give pounds and see famous sculptor | DONATELLO |
| Good frill that’s starched is rather harsh | GRUFF |
| Highwayman __ time due, unfortunately, for his latest wickedness | TURPITUDE |
| I had son interrupting old actor when Bottom played Pyramus | MIDSUMMER |
| Newly equip sappers before attack | REFIT |
| Not a word, note, over Saturday crossword’s baffling jargon | mumbo-jumbo |
| Not knowing right from wrong, losing a mark for exam | ORAL |
| Old city friend abandoning a young child | URCHIN |
| Post guarding a non-working state water plant | mares-tail |
| Preferred it over obscure quibble about details | PETTIFOG |
| Puzzle in game needs to be worked out | ENIGMA |
| Restrained muscles can experience nasty tension initially | ABSTINENT |
| Ring road charge | TOLL |
| Round fraction is a source of confusion to observers | op art |
| Runs out of fast-going sauce | PESTO |
| Sandwich, perhaps, and beer | EXPORT |
| Seldom-encountered poison’s killed copper | RARE |
| State capital abolishing old religious symbol | SACRAMENT |
| Strongly attacking East European claim that’s out of order | POLEMICAL |
| Very detailed autobiography of English baroque composer? | blow-by-blow |
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