| Originally, "Torn Curtain" designed to be silent (8) |
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| Whip up independence revolution that was otherwise unforthcoming (8) |
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| Habitually saying little (8) |
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| Unforthcoming |
The Times Sunday Concise |
13 Apr 2025 |
| Understood vase to be short |
Mirror Cryptic |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Reticent |
Mirror Quick |
14 Mar 2025 |
| Reticent Turin cat rediscovered (8) |
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| Uncommunicative |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Uncommunicative, saying little (8) |
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| After popular pet returns, I go quiet |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
06 Dec 2024 |
| After a novelty act, one has a bit of variety, saying little (8) |
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| Cold cut in art movement (8) |
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| Habitually uncommunicative (8) |
Mirror Classic |
21 Nov 2024 |
| After bad act, I go round not saying a word (8) |
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| Ain't curt, maybe, but disinclined to talk (8) |
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| Tom back before one to go round saying little (8) |
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| I act strangely and go round without saying a word (8) |
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| Reticent guy backing one short performance |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
06 Sep 2024 |
| Silent protest ultimately about backing current change of direction |
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| Design curtain, at last, but doesn't talk about it (8) |
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| Understood vessel could be reserved |
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| Understood a vessel to be reserved (8) |
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| Implied that purring sometimes makes one uncommunicative |
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| Tight-lipped about Tom having one go (8) |
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| Lion, perhaps, turns up and I go quiet |
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| Understood tea maker will be withdrawn (8) |
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| Understood vessel is reserved |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 May 2024 |
| Saying little |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 May 2024 |
| Old writer's son leaving the navy with little speech |
The Times Cryptic |
10 May 2024 |
| Silent on vessel, not being inclined to speak (8) |
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| Act I reviewed before performance is withdrawn? (8) |
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| Figure an unruly truant is out to be uncommunicative |
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| Tight-lipped Tom is back before I go round (8) |
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| Tom, perhaps, turning up with it on vase is unforthcoming (8) |
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| Not saying much but understood on the vessel |
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| Kitty withdrawn, one chance withdrawn (8) |
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| Reserved silent vessel (8) |
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| After poor Act I, change to being uncommunicative (8) |
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| After a bad act I become silent |
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| Feline I reversed over with motoring manoeuvre is very quiet (8) |
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| Hardly given to chat (8) |
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| Uncommunicative |
The Times Concise |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Reticent |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Jan 2024 |
| One spiteful woman about to go tight-lipped? |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Brown has muzzled dog, keeping it quiet |
The Times Cryptic |
11 Jan 2024 |
| Unforthcoming |
The Guardian Quick |
10 Jan 2024 |
| One act upset another not saying much |
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| Rewritten Act One to become terse (8) |
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| After returning animal, I go, saying little |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Aug 2023 |
| Not at all chatty |
Wall Street Journal |
09 May 2023 |
| Saying little |
Irish Times Simplex |
03 Apr 2023 |
| Act indecently? I become tight-lipped |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
05 Sep 2022 |
| Reticent |
The Guardian Quick |
29 Jun 2022 |
| Saying little |
LA Times Daily |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Saying little |
The Washington Post |
09 Jun 2022 |
| Usually reserved |
Newsday |
16 Apr 2022 |
| Not talkative |
The Guardian Quick |
02 Feb 2022 |
| Quiet performer enthralling one in performance |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 Nov 2021 |
| Uncommunicative |
The Guardian Speedy |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Silent comic ain't curt |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 Oct 2021 |
| Silent comic ain't curt |
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| Go around a metropolis mostly tight-lipped |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
23 Jul 2021 |
| One unpleasant woman backing revolution, not saying much |
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| Tight-lipped |
The Washington Post |
25 Apr 2021 |
| Tight-lipped |
LA Times Daily |
25 Apr 2021 |
| The first to twitch curtain is weirdly antisocial |
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| Saying little |
Irish Times Simplex |
15 Feb 2021 |
| Whip raised, I go for mum |
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| Cat's up, before one round it's withdrawn |
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| Silent act I developed with short performance |
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| Reserved and uncommunicative |
Irish Times Simplex |
19 Oct 2020 |
| Understood vessel is reserved |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Saying little |
The Sun Two Speed |
09 Sep 2020 |
| Understood vase to be reserved |
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| . Top of tatty, torn curtain becomes detached |
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| Disinclined to speak |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Aug 2020 |
| Understood vase is rarely open |
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| Tight-lipped |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Jun 2020 |
| Quiet diplomacy protecting international vessel |
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| ... is quiet having skill to cover one's burnt heart |
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| Dumb animal is around one corner |
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| Withdrawn train cut for engineering work? |
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| Isn't saying much, as Adam is consumed by diplomacy covering The Ashes |
Irish Times Crosaire |
20 Jan 2020 |
| Picking up pet, I become reticent |
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| Isn't saying much as Adam is consumed by diplomacy covering The Ashes |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 Sep 2019 |
| Performance stopped by another involving one saying little |
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| Silent prowler on the retreat, one shot |
The Telegraph Toughie |
07 May 2019 |
| Understood piece of pottery is reserved |
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| Disinclined to speak of it with Bill going into shock |
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| Introduction to Torn Curtain production isn't saying much |
Irish Times Crosaire |
28 Mar 2019 |
| Unlikely to 55 Across |
Newsday |
02 Feb 2019 |
| . It's understood — one who retains the Ashes will be withdrawn |
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| It's understood — one who retains Ashes will remain silent |
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| Cut train in error? It's withdrawn! |
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| Saying little |
The Telegraph Quick |
25 Sep 2018 |
| Saying little, Kitty lifted it with vase |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Reserved |
The Sun Two Speed |
29 Aug 2018 |
| Prowler back, I go quiet |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Aug 2018 |
| Silent |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Aug 2018 |
| Antisocial cat comes back and I go off |
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| Saying little |
The Times Concise |
25 Jun 2018 |
| Quiet and uncommunicative |
Irish Times Simplex |
04 Jun 2018 |
| Quiet historian losing footing on edges of ruin |
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| Taken for granted it goes to pot - say nothing |
Irish Times Crosaire |
28 Jul 2017 |
| Silent Tom back with one act |
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| Not inclined to conversation |
The Telegraph Quick |
04 Jul 2017 |
| After bad act I become silent |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
29 May 2017 |
| Quiet, considerate attitude about one funerary ornament |
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| Reticent |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Feb 2017 |
| Uncommunicative |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Nov 2016 |
| Not too talkative |
The Washington Post |
14 Oct 2016 |
| Quiet bird, keeping bill covered, sat beside vase |
The Telegraph Toughie |
10 Aug 2016 |
| Go after poor act I, saying little |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
22 Jun 2016 |
| Reserved new one act play |
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| Tight-lipped, showing sensitivity about one ashes vase |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Apr 2016 |
| Understood vessel to be reserved |
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| Saying little, go after Act I is rewritten |
The Sun Two Speed |
07 Jan 2016 |
| Unforthcoming, soldiers about one revolution |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Nov 2015 |
| Understood vase was reserved |
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| Disinclined to speak about capsizing it in wind |
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| Saying little about it after army's going to pot |
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| Habitually silent |
The Guardian Quick |
17 Jan 2015 |
| Roman historian abandoned son on the Rubicon's banks without saying much |
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| Cut train in error — it's withdrawn |
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| Shambolic Act 1 performance withdrawn |
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| Quiet delicacy in which I go to jug |
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| After trance, oddly I become very quiet |
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| Tight-lipped |
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| Definitely not chatty |
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| Reserved |
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| The silent type |
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| Reluctant to talk |
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| Uncommunicative |
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| Much like Marcel Marceau |
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| Hardly chatty |
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| Quiet |
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| Reticent |
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| Like Coolidge |
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| Tight-lipped |
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| Gary Cooper-ish? |
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| Reticent |
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| Quiet |
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| Silent |
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| Closemouthed |
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| Laconic |
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| Reserved. |
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| Reserved |
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| Close-mouthed. |
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| Disinclined to talk. |
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| Of few words. |
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| Habitually silent. |
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| Sparing of words. |
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| Uncommunicative. |
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