The Times Quick Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Jan 28

• 1 down, say, exhausted having crushed old monarch Crossword Clue
• Bird 5 down stuffed Crossword Clue
• Bristle, awfully sore Crossword Clue
• Choir's range is extraordinary - you can bet on it! Crossword Clue
• Cleaner part of fish that's about right for cook Crossword Clue
• Cuckoo is gone, a worry Crossword Clue
• Deadly time to spread message Crossword Clue
• Finish off swine, reptile Crossword Clue
• Fire in plant, out initially Crossword Clue
• First one put in cooker Crossword Clue
• Go on, have it for breakfast! Crossword Clue
• Maestro, drive round the bend Crossword Clue
• Music the fate of Sisyphus? Crossword Clue
• Pledge I have, I say! Crossword Clue
• Polish off the extra dessert, last of all Crossword Clue
• Run over wild animal Crossword Clue
• Said leader of opposition decorated after victory Crossword Clue
• Seek a part of a church Crossword Clue
• Sheep with gasp rearing up Crossword Clue
• Spell words in prose they misspelt Crossword Clue
• Underwear - chest items? Crossword Clue
• Very sad US soldier in wagon, retreating Crossword Clue
• Weakness in gripper? Crossword Clue
• Yonder tree seen briefly in which he hides Crossword Clue