The Times Cryptic February 24 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27909
Clues	Answers
Abridge article about Arabian craft	TRIMARAN
Artistic movement wasting time with this case	AESTHETICISM
Awkward Eastern doctor has to tweet under curtain	EMBARRASSING
Driver allowed tablets to be hidden in spirit on way back	MULETEER
Dropped a stock complaint food shop rejected	ABSEILED
Embrace German repeatedly downing stein in secret	hugger-mugger
Essential current books by big revolutionary	INTEGRAL
Flyer left in drier houses	AIRLINER
Frank's very dry with a learner	BRUTAL
Glorify ladies cavorting in middle of audience	IDEALISE
Hawker originally flies a recluse across Cape	FALCONER
Help to finish a French chicken	AFRAID
Leading European twice acquiring posh rug	TOUPEE
Lots of Swiss here walk round university hospital	LAUSANNE
One who's sponsored idol given stick crossing line	GODCHILD
Opposed to conservationists blocking artificial insemination	ANTI
Pass over most recent turbulence at sea	CROSSCURRENT
Present golf foursome approaching second in Wentworth	GIVE
Sailor's beginning with a bucket initially and mop	SWAB
Shop ineffectively as stated every fortnight	BIWEEKLY
Split wood: remove to the periphery	dash off
Spout English with German	EMIT
Star devouring liqueur? It's a slippery slope	ski run
This writer's wife invested in old money that mustn't be touched	live wire
Tricky meeting involving priest and chapter	DELICATE
Waterproof paints with ink ground	OILSKIN
Wish to avoid second Republican mass for another one	REQUIEM
Withdraw Home Counties game against good Roma	GYPSIES
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1817
Clues	Answers
Actress Jessica appearing in Shaft and Yentl	TANDY
After wedding, join Roy Martin dancing	marry into
Again starts Religious Education, arithmetic, taking in English	RESUMES
Ale not surprisingly found in shed	lean-to
An American taking in golf in Scottish region	ANGUS
Ape, Siamese perhaps, or parrot?	COPYCAT
At the back, Charlie Lunnon held firm, tho’ was caught finally	ENDMOST
Boy carrying short axe for German once	SAXON
Charlie greeting character from abroad	CHI
Conservative coming in second, being far from reliable	INCONSTANT
Constituent of tar: part primarily used by people	BITUMEN
Cross after the French becoming sloppy	LAX
Dangerous guns: a few scaled back	UNSAFE
Empty tin in tank	VACANT
Enthusiasm to blow over at the outset	GUSTO
German composer’s pal chasing small girl	SCHUMANN
One again inert, due to move	REUNITED
Painter picked up cigarette ends	STUBBS
Pretend an eccentric was boring	TREPANNED
Privileged citizen mean ref sent off	FREEMAN
Rook stuck in a French vase	URN
Shock as spectacular feat is left unfinished	STUN
Stefan, every so often, waves	SEA
Storm as NY photo is doctored	TYPHOON
Strike part of sleeve	CUFF
Subject of certain theories, complicated yet trivial	RELATIVITY