The Times Cryptic February 2 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27890
Clues	Answers
1 down's circular hollow in TV soap, familiarly	CORRIE
1940s swinger's cheers returned by male police officer	HEPCAT
Basket-maker, or provider of stockings in Albert Square?	OSIER
Eg native of Wick taking school exam without gain?	HIGHLANDER
Formal setting for a Trojan king	PRIAM
Gunpowder constituent soldiers can put back at front	NITRE
Inexpensive headgear worn by ambassador	CHEAP
Insect I see around lakes at end of March?	DEMOISELLE
Like hooter US space administrators lacked at first	NASAL
Look out! It's planted with explosives, we're told!	MIND
Mean to declare advancing years?	AVERAGE
Mood palpably altered with two rooks in tree	lombardy poplar
Neat cover for Indonesian island's ethnicity	TRIBALISM
Outstanding work of Pindar possibly read aloud	OWED
Paul was one, always carrying weapon	EPISTOLER
Poet messed around with and getting writer's block?	NOTEPAD
Profusion of bakery product served during a social	ABUNDANCE
Recommendation of good Scottish priest born in Paris	GUIDELINE
Residence of Catholic dignitary in charge of French island	DOMICILE
Retired priest is second to identify Puccinian style	VERISMO
Revolutionary figure, one about to entertain team	IXION
Sentence about everything a booby may produce?	BIRDCALL
Shop assistant is large and extremely slothful, sadly	SALESGIRL
Situation thus involving Asian country backed by church	SCENARIO
Smooth out articles in French about old card game	UNRUFFLE
Some thought it a nice old vessel!	TITANIC
Stuck with animal coat, promises to pay, being very quick	fast and furious
Student workers' association given support on course	TUTEE
Tragic day briefly captured in very old film	VIDEO
Unemotional son leaves, given refresher course	RETRAINED
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1801
Clues	Answers
Access computer using firm's symbol and name	log on
Advert extols revealing top	VERTEX
Amorous activity at Oxford that all can sport?	UNISEX
Carpet salesman on tour	REPROVE
Cry as home for lawn-mower suffers damage	shed tears
Despicable type, that woman? I should say so	RATHER
Farewell bargain announced	GOODBYE
Get me busy travelling? Please continue	be my guest
Hairstyle swept up into small lump	NUB
Knee surgeon's ball?	leg-cutter
Letter of alphabet representing measure of tyre inflation	PSI
Mathematical array in jumble involving fiendish art	MATRIX
One shoots game bird, right?	SNIPER
One tiny picture it is risky not to check?	the small print
Sauna made boiling until one was sick	ad nauseam
See old lover	ROMEO
Separated so, I won't move	in two
Shelf's left corner	LEDGE
Sleeveless garment suitable for G&S production?	pinafore dress
To support monarch is correct	PROPER
To tease a lord is obscene	RIBALD
Unhappiness of Scrooge followed by joy at last	MISERY
Vital contribution from knock-kneed full-back	NEEDFUL
Wife coming in, nowhere to sit? Don't worry	no sweat