| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27158 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Criminal activity around American city’s horse-racing | the flat |
| Drink with newspaper folk, their leader being inhibited | SUPPRESSED |
| English monarch with order, appropriately, for his enemy | CROMWELL |
| Farm worker cheated having taken in nonchalant old woman | DAIRYMAID |
| Feature of gem, diamond maybe, wrapped in paper | FACET |
| Fish on a minute religious symbol | LINGAM |
| Forced out, dumped, having lost it | DEPOSED |
| Go away from house with depression | hop it |
| Headless monster descending on magnificent city | GRENOBLE |
| Hour of prayer held by canon everyday | NONE |
| Ignores number occupying East Anglian town | DISCOUNTS |
| Language restriction for listener | THAI |
| Like Samson before his distressing experience | long-haired |
| Little woman involved in row in French city | DIJON |
| Moral shortcoming that comes with drinks we hear | LAPSE |
| Mule as one coming a cropper in mud? | SLIPPER |
| Near where you may find bishop at home | close in |
| Nonsense about backward-looking priest being submissive | DOCILE |
| Nurse in shady part of garden south of hospital | HARBOUR |
| Particular metallic elements in fruit | PECULIAR |
| Partners at table stifling expression of surprise and disdain | SCORN |
| Party in church led by tribe | DANCE |
| Procedure that’s a possibility when time is limited | OPERATION |
| Pure speed, fastest possible speed to begin with | CHASTE |
| Resolve of top people with “proper accent” evident in attitude | PURPOSE |
| Small opening allows last couple to escape bear | STOMA |
| Sweet member of comic duo is reckless | FOOLHARDY |
| That fellow entertaining artist is depicting a king of Tyre | HIRAM |
| The first person to turn against thing in protest | OBJECTION |
| They may be spotted in a series of downward movements | DOMINOES |
| Unruly clan, first to demonstrate in French region | PROVENCAL |
| Withered, needing water, looking very hot | SEARED |
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