Puzzler Cryptic puzzle clues 2025 Dec 23

• Aloud second-rate thinking is puzzling (8) Crossword Clue
• And moulding gold layer to a ridiculous degree (2,7) Crossword Clue
• Bird to rue, but not at first (5) Crossword Clue
• Bit of quiet, by the sound of it (5) Crossword Clue
• Book returned with note to express feelings (5) Crossword Clue
• Cast aspersions on male marshal (6) Crossword Clue
• Children's series to be built in pieces in river (11) Crossword Clue
• China caught with drone (4) Crossword Clue
• Cook's covering pub in outskirts of Putney (5) Crossword Clue
• Courtly accommodation of which one had no room (4) Crossword Clue
• Doctor to start using gloves for medicine (4) Crossword Clue
• Enclosures for birds? (4) Crossword Clue
• Flipper's call to those in charge (5) Crossword Clue
• French refusal also to perplex (7) Crossword Clue
• Gifted runner not upset before, despite never receiving payback (3-10) Crossword Clue
• I approach home with serious intentions (2,7) Crossword Clue
• Jo's bone is broken in plastic surgery (4,3) Crossword Clue
• Len in trouble with the cloth (5) Crossword Clue
• Overturn object after getting out of bed (2-3) Crossword Clue
• Points me out as favouring family (8) Crossword Clue
• Popular set's ideas (5) Crossword Clue
• Primates chewed up peas (4) Crossword Clue
• Sisters admitting love for naming words (5) Crossword Clue
• Spheres or bends, no conclusion (4) Crossword Clue
• Tears off with unknown substitute (6) Crossword Clue
• Well-presented nautical film (5) Crossword Clue