The Times Cryptic February 10 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27897
Clues	Answers
Agent's ultimate motivation is betrayal	TREASON
Becomes hard to follow case of European political theorist	ENGELS
Butcher's chestnut horse should be returned	GANDER
Corner at 90 __ that needs precise approach	right angle
Dismal expression to consume small one being humbled	losing face
Found plough removed from Parisian fortress	BASE
Gentle exercise taken with a climber	sweet pea
Greek character embraced by female creature	ECHIDNA
Hanging about in short undies no good	LINGERING
Hard to crack clues say rewritten for tragic author	AESCHYLUS
Kingmaker needs tree for English country home	NASHVILLE
Landmark seen in Australian port after docking	CAIRN
Lout beginning to cause mayhem when officer leaves	CHAV
Lovelorn cowboy on lake shows tactless behaviour	GAUCHERIE
Miserable chap tucking into toast	CHEERLESS
Move across to pack explosive in missile system	TRIDENT
One held in contempt to stop call for decoration	TASSEL
One suit makes a Scottish outfit	HEARTS
Parasite in record dispute over millions	TAPEWORM
Plant key behind reptile house	ASPHODEL
Play safe with hammer	peter pan
Poet having to write in ship on turning turtle	SPENSER
Pot for reheated meat and vegetables	HASH
River taking sulphur to Sumerian city-state	STOUR
Smack on behind produces lingering sensation	AFTERTASTE
Swine upset everyone after scrap where house calls made	bingo hall
Viewer's sore as regularly sat by set?	STYE
Wind through blades creates unseen danger	snake in the grass
With villain seen at Parliament, shelter on bridge	WHEELHOUSE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1807
Clues	Answers
A chap crossing Morecambe, maybe, one from the States	AMERICAN
A Roman senator originally abandoned one on the river	OARSMAN
Change too much? About time to retire!	overedit
Confront Helen, a GLC eccentric	CHALLENGE
Continental fellow in Scotland perhaps, carrying twisted fibre	EUROPEAN
English reader, a Liberal, relating to voters	ELECTORAL
Get even with archdeacon in maturity	AVENGE
Going on for ever about unidentified person outside	EXTERNAL
Greek character returned and dined	ATE
I'm in surrogate ruler's section of army	REGIMENT
Imitate a dove? Goodness me	COO
Just rewards __ puddings. by the sound of it	DESERTS
Key question about king's personal attendant	EQUERRY
Knowledgeable about Shintoism? Not entirely	INTO
Like invigorating air beginning to boost activity at Epsom?	BRACING
Live with copper __ 27, possibly	CUBE
Longing to remove initiator of political clean-up	URGE
Obsessive person in teachers' union	NUT
Religious female going backwards and forwards	NUN
Responsibility of bachelor abandoning extra benefit	ONUS
Rodney relaxed over there	YONDER
Sentimental type initially involved with Marconi	ROMANTIC
Sound money getting father something to suck	LOLLIPOP
Take advantage of former plan to tour India	EXPLOIT
University man receiving old writing implement still in wrapping	UNOPENED
Vivid red vehicle belonging to this compiler	CARMINE