| The Times – Cryptic – Times Cryptic No 28639 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| ‘Thousand Island’ first class cocktail | mai tai |
| Bank on introduction of Ezra Pound verse | DOGGEREL |
| Barring outsiders, try second event: get to assemble again | RECONVENE |
| Boring name, boring idol | BANAL |
| British brothers who sang about high rise suburb | beverly hills |
| Clergyman, not very upper-class, succeeded as a high-flyer | ICARUS |
| Driver found stuck in middle of dam | SERVO |
| Florida shed housing black echo of the past | FLASHBACK |
| Food business needs elastic supply | DELICATESSEN |
| Giant animal droppings make nitrogen beneath one | IGUANODON |
| Having run out of nail polish, ordered Germanic cosmetic | vanishing cream |
| Hector sent back to carry a plant | YARROW |
| Hindu returning a Hong Kong carpet | GURKHA |
| Indiana bangs violate the law | INFRINGE |
| Intolerable midday temperature inside | not on |
| Knocking back Castle Cary ale really restricts legs of runners | relay race |
| Madame features in film The Cornwall Tourist? | EMMET |
| Mineral deposit right in missile launch area? | OCHRE |
| Move stealthily around rogue US spy base | PUSSYFOOT |
| Musician Franz at last cuts record | LISZT |
| One year, following winless season, American kid fails to finish course in Japan | TERIYAKI |
| Penelope’s husband liberally used soy sauce at first | ODYSSEUS |
| Provocative glimpse of the pub, by the sound of it! | INCITING |
| Rhythmic jazz lead accepts honour in retirement | BEBOP |
| Secured folio placed in prepared prepaid envelope | made safe |
| Shakes round top, not being this? | rock-solid |
| State vote breaking the laws regularly | TEXAS |
| Talented Frenchman designing a de luxe mansard | alexandre dumas |
