The Independents Cryptic Crossword January 5 2023 Answers:
| Aquatic legend – she controls men’s swimming 15 letters | LOCHNESSMONSTER |
| King married old woman 5 letters | CRONE |
| No Trumps involved in Mafia family caught moving luxury goods brand 9 letters | MONTBLANC |
| Short breather before a dictator’s second fruitcake 7 letters | LUNATIC |
| Perhaps green’s smooth for golf tour recently 6 letters | OFLATE |
| Engineers returned with unknown mineral 5 letters | EMERY |
| Glow of pipe crack-smoker occasionally managed to get inside 9 letters | FLUORESCE |
| Group abandon beauty treatment 9 letters | BODYSCRUB |
| 150 and on strike demonstrating power 5 letters | CLOUT |
| Maybe Corbyn’s embracing Labour’s leader – they might have clenched teeth 6 letters | PLIERS |
| Regular surfer to catch current with calm state of mind 7 letters | NETIZEN |
| Singer discovered new harmony with note missing sharpness 9 letters | INGENUITY |
| Bob for example making warm and dry space for party 5 letters | HENDO |
| Relax and allow independent solicitor to handle every alteration when case is dismissed 15 letters | LETITALLHANGOUT |
| Joan’s partner vocally supporting pub’s closely contested fixture? 10 letters | LOCALDERBY |
| Back row reach down somehow 9 letters | CROWNHEAD |
| Film doctor and nurse then go private 7 letters | NOENTRY |
| That is the end of Sumo wrestling – champion Hakuho falls outside ring initially 9 letters | SOMUCHFOR |
| Fruit Tongan farms regularly served up 5 letters | MANGO |
| Michael Jackson song climbing July charts essentially – it’s to do with star association 7 letters | NEBULAR |
| Criminal attacks middle of fort – soldiers potentially rest here 10 letters | TOAST RACK |
| A 10/1 gamble on the outside – nudged into second place? 10 letters | BEATENTOIT |
| Model runs my bath – she’s first to be stripped – it’s not true but plenty of people believe it 9 letters | URBANMYTH |
| Horoscope’s focus with respect to third of zodiac given sudden emphasis 9 letters | SFORZANDO |
| Then USA manipulated butter producer 7 letters | SHEANUT |
| Understand cannula must be emptied – start to turn both taps round periodically 7 letters | CATCHON |
| Way to make moonshine quietly 5 letters | STILL |
| Cliff’s content to come back before Wimbledon’s centrepiece match – it means we see less of The Shadows 10 letters | FILL LIG |