The Times Cryptic February 5 2021 Crossword Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27893
Clues	Answers
A pastoral letter: some felt it useful	TITUS
Acknowledgment hard bread must be sent back	hat tip
After exercise, painful, take top off lotion for such lovely skin	peaches and cream
Assistant keeps son out of the way	ASIDE
Boy quivered, intermittently showing filthy greed	CUPIDITY
Building work noise dealt with next	EXTENSION
Don't budge, being too drunk to stand up?	sit tight
Electrician is avoiding risk in baths	SPARKS
Examiner buttons lip for a term	TRIMESTER
Fountain: in it tossed up clergyman	TREVI
Giant man comes in to pour tea without hesitation	BEHEMOTH
God takes a long time turning over ancient city	HORUS
Got nurse cooking large fish	STURGEON
Half of capital being lost is a nuisance	PEST
Homer perhaps with good information about Odysseus's origin	PIGEON
It gets people mixing cocktail ingredient right into tumbler	ICEBREAKER
Just over three foot channels, note, are direct	IMMEDIATE
Modest offering from overseas university: English	MITE
More white people in the leading position before	PEARLIER
Nothing missing from a different part of plant	ANTHER
One chirping adds some weight to conversation	STONECHAT
Physicist's unusually strong backing graduate receives	ANGSTROM
Reasonably decide to reverse charge, one set in stone	see fit
Rehearse chapter at start of Thessalonians during worship	PRACTISE
Sharpness was effective cutting very fine line	ACERBITY
Sort of glass construction in the sea	PIER
Stand for body keeping our people in additional employment	BUSIER
Times has often run leaders as “The Thunderer”	THOR
Vicar's adequate stipend?	living wage
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1804
Clues	Answers
Beer's mine with an indefinite number consumed	PINT
Blooming bed clothes don't wear out!	BLASTED
Change at Naples for Nice	PLEASANT
Changing beat, I stay on ground to cover new cop	SYNCOPATION
Conceals mysteries about English	SECRETES
Drive after parking vehicle used by mum	PRAM
Duty __ and where so often it seems to lie?	ONUS
Has some food in great steakhouse	EATS
Is this where bankers are hiding cream cake?	ECLAIR
Killer's success with staff	hit man
Model boats moved around river in vital flow	BLOODSTREAM
Note on country lacking northern coastline?	TIDEMARK
Royal attendant John having suntan?	BROWN
Sailor Small accompanies really cool friend	SHIPMATE
Sharing similar problems, as 12s are?	in the same boat
Show-off one to wear fancy tie in this box	EXHIBITIONIST
Six grand to put in soon in French city	AVIGNON
Snowball put out a petrol fire	PROLIFERATE
Starters of artichokes served with chicken pasty	ASHEN
Such a gathering as might raise the spirits?	SEANCE
There cabman shakes in waiting room	ANTECHAMBER
Unimportant person's problem encountered in solving murder?	NOBODY