| The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 1222 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Bishop appears topless in link | RELATE |
| Bug, furious, keeps slowing down | IRRITATE |
| Concern, in Bury, set for redevelopment | INTEREST |
| East African 17 on the move | ERITREAN |
| Frenchman about in dull vegetation | GREENERY |
| Islands against return to trade | ANTILLES |
| Love god, cockney hero, succeeds ultimately | EROS |
| Native American horse stopping quickly | APACHE |
| Northern beer served up in energy and style | ELAN |
| Pair ending up with one letter from abroad | PHI |
| Pinter, strangely, to accept one’s original | PRISTINE |
| Please __ that’s to be cooked as kipper! | ASLEEP |
| Poet read novel and worked | OPERATED |
| Postpone visit | STAY |
| Response from congregation almost put right | AMEN |
| Routine when male animals do it? | RUT |
| Search around, I hesitate to say, in worry | FERRET |
| Someone who keeps long-time servant | RETAINER |
| Stalin’s ultimatum contains abuse | INSULT |
| Starts on the straight approach __ right for leader | TSAR |
| Stick close to concierge in block | BEAR |
| Swimmer in ocean and lake | SEAL |
| Tea refreshed when taken with fine cheese | FETA |
| Trader planned to keep Roman Catholic happy at first | MERCHANT |
| Verbal attack from small girl with a large family | DIATRIBE |
| Writer, alternatively, with supply of ink? | ORWELL |
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