The Times Cryptic January 4 2021 Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27865
Clues	Answers
A northern girl crossing river in mountainous principality	ANDORRA
A year's rent for an old place in Scotland	AYRSHIRE
Aim to follow member's story	LEGEND
American writer needing oxygen in gym	POE
Approved play area old firm finally repaired	RECOMMENDED
Area north of Italian islet	AIT
Big lorry, one originally carrying paintings on top	ARTIC
Continental character, and when he might turn up?	ETA
Doctor's alter ego trapping rodent in compound	HYDRATE
Extreme characters crushing a meadow plant	AZALEA
Gap traversed by the German fishing-boat	DRIFTER
In Bhopal, a thick, long, heavy stick	LATHI
Irish county's leader absent constantly	ALWAYS
Like Rumpole we lay drunk on railway	LAWYERLY
Make an impression in Turkey's borders, being irritable	TETCHY
Military unit's chaplain quietly becoming Conservative	CADRE
Musician, odd chap associated with tango	TRUMPETER
Muslim ruler's last month in hospital	SULTAN
No-hoper's new role picking up seaweed at front	LOSER
Onlooker's cheers welcomed by policeman dropping in	SPECTATOR
Outstanding peacekeepers put down roots	UNSETTLED
Popular countertenor once going about with one persistently present	INDWELLER
Private soldier, second one of four to go west	SQUADDIE
Sea cook's story verbally identifying worker in precious metal	SILVERSMITH
See Anglican cleric entering calmly	EVENLY
Sound made by animal, male, beginning to eat fruit	HEEHAW
Sources of comfort only found lining fashionable shoes at first	INSOLES
Spot head of zoo taking computer studies	ZIT
Tanzanian port makes bold sadly to back America	Dar es Salaam
Tree-lined approach, a place to meet	AVENUE
Unmannerly chit initially having fling with one's husband	CHURLISH
Way I write journal, like some magistrates	STIPENDIARY
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1780
Clues	Answers
Beer starts to affect lad excessively	ALE
Carthaginian leader beheaded man-eater on horse	HANNIBAL
Check stalk of plant	STEM
Companion in apartment lifeless, getting Mike worried	FLATMATE
English politician with passion for supreme dominion	EMPIRE
Golf equipment also carried by gentleman working	sand iron
Grand complex surrounds European area of cultivation	GARDEN
Grill, with hesitation, US dough bread	PUMPERNICKEL
Horse, near Aintree's front three, fell maybe	MOUNTAIN
Huge tailless rodent follows one around river	ENORMOUS
I was in charge of revolutionary food shop	DELI
Irregular money in South Africa doctor raised	RANDOM
Language used by neighbour dubious	URDU
Notice vicar rejected key part of speech	ADVERB
Old comedian's French knowledge	norman wisdom
Old man cracked nut	ALMOND
Quote Italian in Church	CITE
Soon perspire regularly in full-body garment	ONESIE
Stagger back from park with painting	RECOIL
Sticky stuff covering poor Arnie's flower	GERANIUM
Supporter runs away from mass meeting	ALLY
Two marks found in each novel	EMMA
Way of cooking meat in France, on vacation	FLAMBE