The Times Cryptic March 8 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27919
Clues	Answers
A Whistler in the kitchen?	KETTLE
An air of resignation?	Que Sera Sera
Blaise Pascal's a person to take heart from	UNMAN
Catholic chosen to protect head of charity, I see	ECLECTIC
Condition guarantees pain for someone getting on	SEPTUAGENARIAN
Devout old man embracing bishop	OBSERVANT
Dog's had a heart transplant? Goodness me!	COR
Draughts in our leader's country pile?	CHEQUERS
Drifter having intent air? That's unlikely	ITINERANT
Exults over supporters showing signs of age	crows-feet
Fashionable to take a bit of coke? It helps in an emergency	HOTLINE
Girl's deceit taking Charlie in	LASSIE
I must block unacceptable idea	NOTION
Imagine arresting French nobleman in bed!	SEDUCE
Impatience in chess? It's disastrous	ITCHINESS
Jockey let teeth rot: exactly!	to the letter
Left for example in isolation	ASIDE
Letters of agreement	CORRESPONDENCE
Loudly insult a contemporary and depart	DISAPPEAR
Mass is bishop's responsibility, I hear	SEA
Once a mighty worker, full of life	EXUBERANT
Reactionary occupant of No 10 in offensive sweet-talk	TEMPT
Sinister, much like MI6 man?	SPOOKY
Someone swallowing fire in Bow?	EATER
Swaggering customer who's on the pull at Christmas?	PRANCER
Toffee-nosed woman drawn to another not all there?	la-di-da
Troublesome guerrilla army oddly ignored	CONTRARY
Unusually old paintings from the east	EXTRA
Useless demanding £1000 plus a deposit	KAPUT
Vineyard obstructing second microscopic examination	SCRUTINY
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1825
Clues	Answers
"Crabby" types making a living, excellent actors originally	CRUSTACEA
Article pretty sharp-witted?	ACUTE
Believe what could be a sign of summer coming?	SWALLOW
Choose out-of-this-world person to encourage workers to strike	PICKET
Company car once made by Ford	ESCORT
Criminal venture to achieve mastery	CONQUEST
Dog beginning to twitch and be ill	TAIL
Droop when encountering a lengthy account	SAGA
Expert's device for adding polish	BUFF
Front bit missing from toy weapon	RIFLE
Good Parisian, upwardly mobile bigwig	NOB
Impertinence involving naughty nude in a row	lined up
In gale we rescue vessel	EWER
Meant to have eaten outside __ is in France stuck inside	DESTINED
Money paid to secure very good person, one very merry	FESTIVE
Month in dispute __ something black about that old conflict	trojan war
One being given sustenance by another	CANNIBAL
Owls flying towards county lose speed	slow down
Paper a bit "old", in need of redesign	TABLOID
Place for waiter bringing thick slice of bread	DOORSTEP
Poetry with awful lines entertaining everyone	BALLADRY
Senseless maiden in retro hairstyle	NUMB
Slow time of abstinence before Easter egg	LENTO
Some music, a feature in place of refreshment	CAFE
Vehicle has creepy-crawlies __ not good!	BUS
What may be brought home by the successful artist	BACON