| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27161 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A church provides one | ACE |
| A new hair preparation finds backer for production | ANGEL |
| A source of roar in wild cat? | LARYNX |
| Additional levy resulting from attack on fighting force | service charge |
| African nomad’s regular display of genius | GNU |
| Article fifty covered by Times well | ABLY |
| Beyond redemption at sea | LOST |
| Cold fruit flake | CHIP |
| Detailed plan to protect pound is futile | IDLE |
| Dog kept cutting inside pig | SHADOW |
| Energy required in violent exercise | WIELD |
| Fine fish scraps | FRAYS |
| Fresh maid organised beer and stout | SOUBRETTE |
| Great unorthodox priest’s last sermon due | TREMENDOUS |
| Laboured badly crossing very wide city street | BOULEVARD |
| Land taken from previous county, in part hard to manage | CUMBERSOME |
| Means of measuring residue on vault | spring balance |
| Metal bar obscuring other exhibits | INGOT |
| Monarch once imprisoning queen upset senior investor | SHAREHOLDER |
| Release detective’s service details in printed form | DISMISSAL |
| Reluctantly admit Dickensian’s supporting petition | BEGRUDGE |
| Required tax limit | duty-bound |
| Retiring storyteller, sedate, skirting a bar to avoid accidents | GUARDRAIL |
| Richly adorned Eastern believer eclipsed by lovely daughter | BEJEWELLED |
| Save used tart, we’re told | HOARD |
| Shall we put up with a boarding pirate? | STEAL |
| Shifting end of rack, restore all detachable footwear | roller skate |
| Those attending function entertained by jazzmen, bishop having left | ASSISTANTS |
| Today’s journalist held out | PRESENTED |
| Troops recently formed line | INFANTRY |