The Times Cryptic January 22 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27881
Clues	Answers
About to get off, having experienced vacation in quiet part of Washington	sleepy hollow
Absence of archdeacon on a religious devotion	NOVENA
Admits a last letter translated for dissident press	SAMIZDAT
Am using my 22 here?	GYMNASIUM
Border community needing assistance commonly when old	El Paso
Came to A&E impaled on cooking utensil	AWOKE
Dress code’s solution perhaps for one often depressed	shift key
Is seen when swimming (or drunk?)	NESSIE
Island house __ unfinished hut on poles	HONSHU
Large crowd up for exciting tournament	world cup
Lens closed twice, capturing elephant zapping insect	TELEPHOTO
Low mental age not normally needed for sport	eton wall game
Make off before the judge stands	up sticks
Man turned up with sentry, polishing off the odd half	MOIETY
Most lucky mother’s self-introduction, returning to be hugged by kid	JAMMIEST
Not the one to upset Rosemary, perhaps, in short	OTHER
One books royal contest, with audience	INTERVIEW
Questions that deal with inflation	PUMPS
Rabbit escaping from hawks?	fighting talk
Record not the first for Middle America?	ENTER
Returns home with invitation to attend?	INCOME
Secretaries tease one persistently snappy crowd	PAPARAZZI
Take hardly any time to find girl	BEATRICE
Those new to management of eg estate occupying old riverside	l-drivers
Water, or where to buy something to hold it?	adams ale
Well fixed, like some hinges	spring-loaded
What has London banks acting badly during trial, mostly	THAMES
What’s central to Beijing, according to China	JASPER
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1794
Clues	Answers
Caution one finally leaving vehicle	CAR
Character cutting could be a gambler who cheats	CARDSHARP
Cop __ male cop in complex	POLICEMAN
Dance salsas and mambos __ big ask, initially	SAMBA
Difficult question from model, right?	POSER
Drink drop of malt after game	RUM
Fee daughter considered	RATED
Fielder from Durham, ultimately, I assume	mid-on
Fold up show in area	CONCERTINA
Friend knocking drink back	PAL
Fruit, mostly tropical, canned	APRICOT
Huge insect on mother, beginning to move	MAMMOTH
I'd recalled minister's residence in catalogue	DIRECTORY
Keep check, receiving thanks	RETAIN
Leave, on bar, picture	holiday inn
Lid for jars, ornate	FLORID
Mail written copy as an afterthought	POSTSCRIPT
Presumption about Republican's indiscretion	IMPRUDENCE
Proposition made by Greek boy concerning end of term?	THEOREM
Reserve needed by Celtic eleven	ICE
Rested on side, if abnormally happy	SATISFIED
Right about source of sonic boom	PROSPER
Song from the past, covered by Scaffold, I enjoyed	OLDIE
Start assault	ONSET