| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 27181 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A series of ups and downs as ocean wave hits vessel | roller coaster |
| Agent, not quite penniless | BROKE |
| Bid a tenner at first to tantalise | ATTEMPT |
| Body of people with crime writer detailed to tour university college | Corpus Christi |
| Clear out of joint with ladder | cut and run |
| Departs in lagoon after repairing canal craft | GONDOLA |
| Diligent cousins notice changes | CONSCIENTIOUS |
| Drop off short skirt to be collected by fine-looking girl | DIMINISH |
| Duke of Cornwall’s wife, for example, went without | REGAN |
| False report an eccentric circulates | CANARD |
| Fat? Briefly run, slowly | LARGO |
| Hot, a remarkable African capital | HARARE |
| I visit in class, without exception | CATEGORICALLY |
| Islamic emblem in curved terrace | CRESCENT |
| Knock public house sign, unfortunately | INNINGS |
| Lab gear reassembled for this subject at school | ALGEBRA |
| Longs to nurse poorly Greek hero | ACHILLES |
| Partners back film | WESTERN |
| Person keeping official records for hospital doctor | REGISTRAR |
| Poem and piece of music heard | RONDEAU |
| Robber in gang, Italian | BANDIT |
| Satirise a politician taken in by rascal | LAMPOON |
| Scientific study: like essay about new moon | ASTRONOMY |
| Sheep from flock west of Scottish town | HERDWICK |
| Some come to terms over fetish? | TOTEM |
| Son not out, rotten sailor | SINBAD |
| Up for a big band number | in the mood |
| Very drunk on fewer | LEGLESS |
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