| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28619 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| Alcohol and some cocaine — last bit of crack | PUNCHLINE |
| Appeal after copper stops working case | ACCUSATIVE |
| Booty from large house picked up | HAUL |
| Bread and a little butter, with spicy drink going around | CHAPATI |
| Briefly with or without Mary? | in sum |
| Call e.g. ChatGPT capital | DUBAI |
| Casual worker missing work to begin with | OFFHAND |
| Character from Jerusalem I name in support of peace! | SHIN |
| Company that delivers, bagging credit increases | UPTICKS |
| Day with stormy rain one’s spent in Algeria, say | DINAR |
| Empty fajita, very hot on the outside, in the main | SEAFARING |
| European arriving at chamber for event | pole vault |
| Group receiving direction before start of Long March | BORDERLAND |
| Henry quits Asian bank, perhaps he goes in last | TAILENDER |
| Hide eastern articles in both hands | LEATHER |
| Kind of green plan to recycle | CHARTREUSE |
| Live entertainment not primarily what a crossword may provide? | BEMUSEMENT |
| Man with issue twice a year | PAPA |
| Mathematician climbing mountain in pretty fabric | LAPLACE |
| Might one be a surrogate father? | LOCUM |
| Not firm figure in French radio, perhaps | UNSET |
| Not in country club with tree outside for all to see | UNPOPULAR |
| One getting into flash car? | RACER |
| Periodically cheers up, given what you may be reading now | at times |
| Perverse creature who might pinch twirling girl attending many parties | CRABBED |
| Privileged person with clout drunkenly punching twit | PLUTOCRAT |
| Short, stout person rowing up to the half-way mark | SQUAB |
| Some perfumier he interested in eau de Cologne locally | RHEIN |
| Story including Fitzgerald’s opening sentence | LIFE |
| The spirit of Henry IV, say | BOURBON |
| Venue for sports fan getting snack food | GROUNDNUT |
| Where hammer and anvil are extremely tough taken from Tolkien’s realm | middle ear |
