The Times Cryptic February 11 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27898
Clues	Answers
Attentive husband required to go topless	HEEDFUL
Be the lead in Hamlet, say, taking king in hand with piece of deception	play first fiddle
Clerk in high spirits, entertaining new escort	PENPUSHER
Coming out of their shells, Brad and Lucy not just loud	RAUCOUS
Cost dropping right down, lend yen for Asian growth area	rice paddy
Currency smuggled into Chelsea, say	FRANC
Declare a cat can be heard	ANNOUNCE
Defence in Arsenal's opening games in division	PARAPET
Elevate the core of sun worship	UPRAISE
Everton vacated ground somewhere in London	ENFIELD
Ex-PM who will be given a hand at the table	NORTH
Go to the races after a knock on the head	ATTEND
Governess protecting current brood here	EYRIE
Great bit of coiffure with king leaving church	top-notch
Heavy figure to excite briefly	ONEROUS
In art, children phrase it the wrong way	PUTTI
Irritation overwhelming terribly shy figure	PHYSIQUE
Jam accompanying a track started by Queen	QUANDARY
Let rip on spreading force globally	INTERPOL
Move to invest pounds, running club	BLUDGEON
Order from Cheltenham's Head Girl	CLASS
Pass on name taken from dancing wenches	ESCHEW
Place promoting weight-loss tablet	LOCALE
Proof one's passed hummus, say, all of meal regularly put away	DIPLOMA
Sentence about revolutionary R&B sound	TIMBRE
Terrible experience with love? I'm surprised	HELLO
Traveller, much prettier, getting picked up	WAYFARER
Very green, dewy ground around island and river	wide-eyed
What wine's knocked back in some verse?	STROPHE
Wheels secured by new tool men pick up in race	monte carlo rally
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27898
Clues	Answers
Attentive husband required to go topless	HEEDFUL
Be the lead in Hamlet, say, taking king in hand with piece of deception	play first fiddle
Clerk in high spirits, entertaining new escort	PENPUSHER
Coming out of their shells, Brad and Lucy not just loud	RAUCOUS
Cost dropping right down, lend yen for Asian growth area	rice paddy
Currency smuggled into Chelsea, say	FRANC
Declare a cat can be heard	ANNOUNCE
Defence in Arsenal's opening games in division	PARAPET
Elevate the core of sun worship	UPRAISE
Everton vacated ground somewhere in London	ENFIELD
Ex-PM who will be given a hand at the table	NORTH
Go to the races after a knock on the head	ATTEND
Governess protecting current brood here	EYRIE
Great bit of coiffure with king leaving church	top-notch
Heavy figure to excite briefly	ONEROUS
In art, children phrase it the wrong way	PUTTI
Irritation overwhelming terribly shy figure	PHYSIQUE
Jam accompanying a track started by Queen	QUANDARY
Let rip on spreading force globally	INTERPOL
Move to invest pounds, running club	BLUDGEON
Order from Cheltenham's Head Girl	CLASS
Pass on name taken from dancing wenches	ESCHEW
Place promoting weight-loss tablet	LOCALE
Proof one's passed hummus, say, all of meal regularly put away	DIPLOMA
Sentence about revolutionary R&B sound	TIMBRE
Terrible experience with love? I'm surprised	HELLO
Traveller, much prettier, getting picked up	WAYFARER
Very green, dewy ground around island and river	wide-eyed
What wine's knocked back in some verse?	STROPHE
Wheels secured by new tool men pick up in race	monte carlo rally