| The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 2159 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Agitator’s Russian money, millions received by person accepting offer | TROUBLEMAKER |
| Bag containing second part for stew | CASSEROLE |
| Blended drink: mix it somehow without whiskey | SMOOTHIE |
| Bless its fancy flourishes | SANCTIFY |
| Briefest bit of shuteye! | WINK |
| Cheese in bed eaten by educated woman? | RICOTTA |
| Commercial liable to change | ADAPT |
| Copper put on special point | CUSP |
| Defensive position in favour of Tories’ leader | FORT |
| Draped garment to hang loosely around Master Weasley? | SARONG |
| Dryer, going as far as unfinished water hole | TOWEL |
| Fancy old lace’s fake, by implication? | so-called |
| Hot under the collar, like a buttoned-up garment? | SHIRTY |
| Letter from Greece with unambiguous description of reactor | NUCLEAR |
| Lightly touch igloo’s exterior area next to house | PATIO |
| Mad hysteria about large mullet, say | HAIRSTYLE |
| One or several mainly avoiding odd characters | ANY |
| Pinch gesture of smartphone user | SWIPE |
| Randomly do a hunt for benefit payment? | hand-out |
| Reportedly achieved end of war, not like Bikini | one-piece |
| Street leading to the old eyesore? | STYE |
| Very black expression of grief | SOB |
| Waste very long time in underground prison | DUNGEON |
| Yellow part of sofa in the art edifies | faint-hearted |