The Times Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Jan 21

• Advertise vacancy where result's already decided? Crossword Clue
• A little spirit, dismissing opening batter with it Crossword Clue
• A parent myself, backing your ostentatious ceremony Crossword Clue
• Bearing up, in case police finally call Crossword Clue
• Better grind out a result here? Crossword Clue
• Booted, finally get them sparkling, in military order Crossword Clue
• Chafe over endlessly prolific set of instructions Crossword Clue
• Citizen breaks into a run around country Crossword Clue
• City's vital energy keeping queen up Crossword Clue
• Crop warped in the ear Crossword Clue
• Dismissal from Wellington's command? Crossword Clue
• Does the author have what it takes to keep clubs friendly? Crossword Clue
• Fruit hard to find in foreign school Crossword Clue
• Function of aide in prisoner release Crossword Clue
• Gear raised a very large stone Crossword Clue
• Grammar essentially a barrier, monarch for one abandoned Japanese Crossword Clue
• Lower rent supported by county Crossword Clue
• Mass this month either side of Easter in church Crossword Clue
• No longer cheeking master? Crossword Clue
• Official initially dropped, only had a most unreliable Welsh linesman Crossword Clue
• One beaten by a different sort of player in a frame of snooker Crossword Clue
• One within range for each record Crossword Clue
• Poem roughly about area belonging to university city Crossword Clue
• Randomly choose from Spooner's few remaining beds Crossword Clue
• Receiving bill, face down innkeeper Crossword Clue
• Sort of mishap, map in parts missing Crossword Clue
• Take off tights, possibly grabbing pair at the back, and throw Crossword Clue
• The Black Horse loans out a room you'd look better to leave Crossword Clue