Puzzler Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Jan 26

• Bandy male in marsh (5) Crossword Clue
• Bloodier less often (5) Crossword Clue
• Colour black and green (5) Crossword Clue
• Constructor found in the dock (11) Crossword Clue
• Corresponding to rodent in sailing boat (3,4) Crossword Clue
• Crikey, internal papers she's been left (5) Crossword Clue
• Defamation of the Spanish after liberation (5) Crossword Clue
• Gave a sermon quietly to get at journalist (8) Crossword Clue
• Intended to close back of packet (5) Crossword Clue
• I talk to strange wife inside power unit (8) Crossword Clue
• Ladies producing the highest standards (6) Crossword Clue
• Live way out round foot of dales (5) Crossword Clue
• Mature daughter finally appears wearing formal dress (5) Crossword Clue
• Naval officer replaces unsuitable net (3,10) Crossword Clue
• No more than a fragment of a John Lennon lyric (4) Crossword Clue
• Opposed to half the old things? (4) Crossword Clue
• Part of the picture Ben-Hur, for example (4) Crossword Clue
• Parts of speech on sun garbled (5) Crossword Clue
• Putting pile of hay into empty river is awkward (6) Crossword Clue
• Rake over plot to receive each EU amendment (9) Crossword Clue
• Significant yet express contempt (3,4) Crossword Clue
• Some road tax legislation helps to keep the wheels turning! (4) Crossword Clue
• Steer clear of prang, not entirely (4) Crossword Clue
• Tolerates noise from river below (4) Crossword Clue
• Top removed from slender missile (5) Crossword Clue
• Utterly amazed as we changed cart (9) Crossword Clue