Puzzler Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Jan 04

• A fish makes food thickener (4) Crossword Clue
• Animal took a piece, not all (5) Crossword Clue
• Atmospheric layer, Australian one (5) Crossword Clue
• Backing short start of enemy ceasefire (5) Crossword Clue
• Bird looking intently round tail of gull (8) Crossword Clue
• But hair - might it be flying? (8) Crossword Clue
• Called upon one king in Devon mysteriously (7) Crossword Clue
• Capital, is it holding politician back? (7) Crossword Clue
• Correct-sounding ceremony (4) Crossword Clue
• Dull grunt Einstein produced! (13) Crossword Clue
• Groom about to be put in prison (5) Crossword Clue
• Groups of species that officer left out (6) Crossword Clue
• Held back by bull on Kentish mound (5) Crossword Clue
• Help found in second half of A-to-Z? (4) Crossword Clue
• Lovers' getaway, from work in part (9) Crossword Clue
• Not even unconventional (9) Crossword Clue
• Part of a single natural valley (4) Crossword Clue
• Prepare ironic marriage settlement (5) Crossword Clue
• Pru's remarkable stimulus (4) Crossword Clue
• Regretted offensive sound (4) Crossword Clue
• Rumba cast a shadow (5) Crossword Clue
• Seen it before? Somehow, Dave hugs Jack for all to see (4,2) Crossword Clue
• Servant ready to start signalling device (5) Crossword Clue
• Shrub's secretion left one higher (5) Crossword Clue
• Tantrum at river causes degree of heat (11) Crossword Clue
• Until defeated, retained Spanish accent (5) Crossword Clue