| The Times – Cryptic – Times Quick Cryptic No 2409 | |
| Clues | Answers |
| A maker of horror films needing someone to overact? | HAMMER |
| A workshop in the morning with a North American | ALABAMAN |
| Appellation created by President Lincoln in the fifties | LABEL |
| Born, then days and years in poverty | NEEDY |
| Breaks up gangs descended on by CID officers | DISBANDS |
| Duck with large hooter | OWL |
| Encountered Oscar repeatedly making movement | me too |
| Fix a fizzy drink: DA gets a cocktail | pina colada |
| Grass where go-carts oddly going missing | OAT |
| Hang around small Scottish river | STAY |
| Hesitation when opening man’s present | HERE |
| In the red pullover draw Nicholas, but not fully | OVERDRAWN |
| Men’s publication from convict — about a Deutschmark | lad mag |
| Messenger detained hugging artist | HERALD |
| Oil that’s but a relic, sadly | LUBRICATE |
| Optimal to live above street | BEST |
| Our land is ploughed as a small lump appears | NODULAR |
| Poultry cage Edward brought on board | COOPTED |
| Puts in order that requires instant mug shot first of all | TRIMS |
| Racket smashing causes talk | CONFAB |
| Sailor crossing border on an unusually shaped boat | TRIMARAN |
| Two notes that follow so delayed | LATE |
| Unusual jade stud, fixed as required | ADJUSTED |
| Verbals duo exchanged in the streets of Paris? | boulevards |
| Weapons treaty, shaky at best, close to completion | test ban |
| Yours truly has a cosy place, most humble | MEANEST |
