| INFECT | Taint popular daily covering city (6) |
| ANNECY | Czanne cycled, covering city in France (6) |
| WORDLE | Popular daily word puzzle game acquired by The New York Times, challenging players worldwide. (6) |
| INCHARGEOF | Boss over popular daily? Boycott, perhaps, if only one female is employed (2,6,2) |
| INDY | Popular daily, vacuous newspaper in short? (4) |
| CHAIRPERSON | 19 daily covering current individual running meeting |
| ANECDOTES | Accounts showing advance payments covering City function |
| CHARLATAN | Map covering city, a new fake |
| INFINITE | Unlimited latest penalty covering city centre (8) |
| DECKCHAIR | Garnish daily covering one folding recliner (9) |
| FANATIC | A North American daily covering one cold militant (7) |
| LILYPAD | Leaf initially changing daily, covering top of pond? (4,3) |
| BARITONE | Singer in pub, one covering city centre (8) |
| EXAMPAPER | Former daily covering morning's test (4,5) |
| METRODESK | Newspaper department covering city news |
| ODESA | On reflection, release dossier covering city in war-torn country |
| DRAFTKINGS | Popular daily fantasy sports gambling site, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| STALIN | Moral taint engulfs sinister despot (6) |
| ERASER | Rubber taint from tea strainer? (6) |
| TITIAN | Artist removed taint about lunchtime (6) |
