The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2024 01 24

The Times Cryptic

crossword answers

Clue	Answer
Wide, say and so long	BYE
Firmly hold linen initially caught by breeze	CLINCH
BAKER'S MISTAKE?	BLOOMER
Exaggerated discussion initially supporting old composer	OVERDID
Identify a strange canister	ASCERTAIN
Top sovereign put on good plane	GLIDER
Cattle run off, slow to act	RELUCTANT
Swindle sees rascal ultimately wanting	SCAM
Fasten piece of wood	STICK
Sets of instructions, precise for cooking?	RECIPES
Fish in box stuffing part of bird	WHITING
Flower produced in passionate game	red-hot poker
Fruit consumed by Roman gods	MANGO
Fat stomach, and firm	CORPORATION
A rock cut in part of Birmingham	ASTON
Don't go in small river	STAY
Duck in Dorset surprisingly sat on a perch	ROOSTED
Big deal has two moves	SO WHAT
Unconventional door, say?	way-out
A golden, unusual county	DONEGAL