The Times Quick Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Aug 17

• Article on wine including suggestion for appetisers Crossword Clue
• Brass instrument: listen with boredom, possibly Crossword Clue
• Brook Republican getting into very hot water? Crossword Clue
• Call us up, minutes before Monday Crossword Clue
• Can I go wild about river being pesticide-free? Crossword Clue
• Choral piece - music of the early Tudors originally Crossword Clue
• Christian belief potters around with Matins Crossword Clue
• Concussed in fight, head being struck Crossword Clue
• Elevated skill of Parisian commerce Crossword Clue
• Italian dish is excessive in Rome? Not half Crossword Clue
• Obsession with problem to force termination of conversation? Crossword Clue
• One sadly trying to circumvent limits of true honesty Crossword Clue
• Ponders America getting into endless disarray Crossword Clue
• Popular feature involving bridge partnership coming soon? Crossword Clue
• Put out: court supports old lover with money Crossword Clue
• Repurposed other charts, capturing sources of some confidence in psychiatric assessment Crossword Clue
• Sense of self revealed in eastern board game Crossword Clue
• Some men finally brought in to assess explosive device Crossword Clue
• Stick found in thickets, apparently, after turning round Crossword Clue
• Stolen limelight, say, in popular venue Crossword Clue
• The writer getting upset about horse - Black Beauty, possibly Crossword Clue
• Wary about poster of dubious intent? Crossword Clue
• Working arrangement precedes attack Crossword Clue
• Yeast bubbling still Crossword Clue