The Times Cryptic January 5 2021 Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27866
Clues	Answers
Ad lib concert after the writer's put out	IMPROMPTU
Brickie's eye needed to fill top part of course?	choc ice
Capricious wife greeting Hamilton, say, out of uniform	WHIMSICAL
Commercial port screens broadcast	RADIO
Cool Dublin politician holds record, first in Ireland	TEPID
Correct to ring head of Charolais bull	EDICT
Don't pass round large flounder	FLAIL
Drink freshly made - and from bananas - containing energy	MEAD
During trip, Rhode Island pass makes one flag	TRICOLOUR
Echo in written works? Check four to find it perhaps	LEITMOTIV
Find Republican following a foreign chap	UNCOVER
Governing body putting writer in a spot	local authority
Hardline United Nations committee with potential	UNCOMPROMISING
In the absence of authority, some seizing chief	ANARCHY
Individual in area brought up Heather	ERICA
Lost balance from West End rent	TRIPPED
Nice mushroom a representative has left for bun	CHIGNON
Note boxer's twitching, with both feet on the ground?	REALISTIC
One of many concealed in wall at home?	LATH
Plant exotic yew with reeds at rear of bed	dyers-weed
Quality one's lacking in server	WATER
Resident entertaining a bishop's relation	NARRATIVE
Source of antiquated writings stocks a hoard	AMASS
Speaker's earnings corrupt post-holder	INCUMBENT
They make it easier to see small mushrooms, turned over	SPECS
To be audacious, Yankee invested in satellite	try it on
Unexpected if tortuous novel	FORTUITOUS
Use cast during each round	eat into
Warped eccentric wit's dry	TWISTED
Welcome the way one's accepted by cook repeatedly	how do you do
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1781
Clues	Answers
Almost spear a horned animal	IMPALA
Answer includes a repeat fixture	REPLAY
Artist left after nothing said	ORAL
Beat struggling Spurs, netting a second	SURPASS
Bowl first of bumpers when at home	BASIN
Crooked team nicking your old small gemstone	AMETHYST
Economist translated messaging symbols?	EMOTICONS
Engineer in corner supporting wife	WANGLE
European language buff	POLISH
Forecast from pair ahead of decree	PREDICT
Learning of WI's party ending in bedlam	WISDOM
Married? He's silly to get engaged!	MESH
One taking an active part grabbing pit boss	DOMINEER
Present from that woman, ultimate in lingerie	HERE
Proper shock female being fired	RIGHT
Question children	ISSUE
Race the old lady runs with unusual hat on	MARATHON
Ran back with speed to tell a tale	NARRATE
Reviewing amount of money type of Chinese porcelain raised	summing up
Running place is important	SPECIAL
Shrewd like famous pharaoh, leader of Egyptians	ASTUTE
Talkative, spiteful about husband	CHATTY
Ten in old game for top universities paired together?	OXBRIDGE
Underfed country area overlooked	HUNGRY
Yarn spun about foremost of golfers up in arms	ANGRY
Young man carrying English guide	LEAD