The Times Cryptic January 7 2021 Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27868
Clues	Answers
Angry after 1000 sinks getting article for plug supplier	ADMAN
Ball's carried for English playmaker	OSBORNE
Confucian text about time is causing irritation	ITCHING
Feeling less clear about famous residence	number ten
Go for spin in cricket shot, following match	test drive
Good to take in friend and propose housing area	PALATABLE
Gosh! I'm not sure what steals Jonathan's heart?	CORER
How shop closes, bailiff's work showing bias	PREPOSSESSION
Illusion's toll on artist	CHIMERA
It's mean to criticise	get at
Lag, one put inside when students attend school	INTERIM
Legislator blocking current law's effect	IMPACT
Listeners' disapproval in ancient theatre	ODEUM
Losing face, grimace in stress	ICTUS
Love to write schedule without divisions	open-plan
Missing person dispatched during a competition	ABSENTEE
More pathetic view from European beach?	LAMER
My pet cuckoo is vain	EMPTY
New weaponry initially dropped in sister's home	NUNNERY
Partially hang a cross around Italian artist	orcagna
Playing arena, band's Indian accompaniment	naan bread
Romantic pass finally made before watershed?	COLERIDGE
Suffering? Current back spasm ruled out	ILLICIT
This person's on tram stoned, excited and showing off?	DEMONSTRATIVE
Transport rental including hotel transport	ENTHRAL
Vulgar speaker given tropical fruit flip	go bananas
Where men go home through river	URINAL
Where one may study royal fashion	PRINCETON
Whirling around, party in bar	LEVER
Wrought iron's imported tax-free for pioneer	INNOVATOR
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1783
Clues	Answers
Arterial route in Australia or Tasmania	AORTA
Boat from Oxford University set off	OUTRIGGER
Brave man to vex six-footer	GALLANT
Diamonds set evenly in circlet	ICE
Draw attention from cuts in English energy	ECLIPSE
Football team in China excellent	PALACE
Foreign article contains untruth	ALIEN
Get wheels in middle for train	CORTEGE
Lake and river rose catastrophically	RESERVOIR
Large ears reshaped in surgical beam	LASER
Non-drinker in row causes giggle	TITTER
Nothing unaltered in desert haven	OASIS
On piano in group to admire	RESPECT
Robber also cutting dash	BANDIT
Say A380 flying near a Pole	AEROPLANE
Second story is boring	STALE
Shark vessel circles swirling fog	DOGFISH
Sincere answer Hemingway accepts?	EARNEST
Slip catch turned game	TENNIS
State purpose briefly	GOA
Stickler for niceties hurt in physical training	PERFECTIONIST
Stove at home once more	AGAIN
Teaches ceramics class for geeks	TRAINSPOTTERS
We help in their shambolic call to vote	three-line whip