| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28465 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A nightdress seen poorly with this? | near-sightedness |
| About to adopt unfashionable course | ROUTE |
| Bear left, with New York to the west __ this part? | BROOKLYN |
| Betting caller will bring spaniel | SPRINGER |
| Blue, having cut short dive __ lacking this? | AQUALUNG |
| Bone found in vegan lunch sent back | ULNA |
| Card player before noon quiet __ not up for port | SOUTHAMPTON |
| Charity event possibly demanding payment: about time! | FETE |
| Charlie, going further back, becoming more distant | COLDER |
| Civil engineer on climb becoming bright red | CERISE |
| Complain when area’s width is cut | MOWN |
| Dancing nude foxtrot, finished up exposed | UNDEFENDED |
| Dodgy French boarding house is freezing! | SUSPENSION |
| Expert, long-serving royal polisher | BUFFER |
| Extra Times edition’s first for so long | bye-bye |
| Forgiving person for telling tale? | PARDONER |
| Holiday abroad perhaps is cure when restless | CRUISE |
| Main network housed in room at the top | ATLANTIC |
| Old monarch’s new name in doubt | queen mary |
| Posh car emerging from pronounced gloom | MERC |
| Prank with egg is bloomer | LARKSPUR |
| School’s staff mostly blunt about a head | TEACHERS |
| Sour old company porter’s English language dull and verbose? | OFFICIALESE |
| Unacceptable to pinch one’s idea | NOTION |
| Vase you might pick up to bring home | URN |
| Very fine polymath finally getting BA? | HAIRLINE |
| War captive sporting black eye? Victory could have been his? | SHIPOWNER |
| Wife with mechanical routine got down | WROTE |
| Wind up a piece of knitting | RIB |
