The Times Cryptic April 23 2021 Crossword Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27959
Clues	Answers
A page of baseless, false old stories	aesops fables
A villain tailed by Sherlock, ultimately for sport	kabaddi
Bird finally chooses this moment to cry out	snowy owl
Boast pay can secure plant	CROWFOOT
Daily rounds too much, having to go to North London suburb	SUTTON
Dish seen in fine old dresser	MACARONI
Duo I left floundering in the deep	OUTFIELD
Face family, cold, having received welcome earlier	GOTHIC
Family's experiences after descending on a foreign city	KINSHASA
Follow United, again in the money for winning	PURSUE
Go, feeling one's leaving for long time	life sentence
Hymn from the works by European variously recalled at intervals	ALLELUIA
Incumbent at first on females, one not so friendly, to relay pardon	OFFICEHOLDER
Laughter about need to employ such a search?	house-to-house
Luxury's endless advantage	PLUS
Main unit for broadcasters opening in Yale?	KEYHOLE
Name of E number originally used in topping	EBENEZER
Old shipping magnate's donkey rides?	ONASSIS
Peers into vessel, bonnet having been pulled back	NOBLESSE
Report of engine trouble __ sponsor getting sack	BACKFIRE
Reserve power needed for small cooler	ice cube
Romantic piece: hit performance listened out for	NOCTURNE
Run, when in better shape, at first without a stitch	STARKERS
Something one might file away secure?	NAIL
There's a problem for all to see: ball trapped between rugby posts?	UH-OH
Thing that's crossed channel that is crossing river? Correct	idee fixe
Trick with needle to get swelling out	CONVEX
Useless little film receiving Oscar	VOID
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1859
Clues	Answers
A tricky maths complaint	ASTHMA
Arouse hostility against one deviously	ANTAGONISE
Climber in training area	PEA
Consistency in contract	AGREEMENT
Country lad as lover distraught	El Salvador
Criminal covers same ground in cellar	BASEMENT
Divine drink within reach around court	NECTAR
Establishment no-one has a pop at	ORPHANAGE
First vessel from the east	TOP
Fuss about the French in Spanish city	TOLEDO
Graduate pens two articles in plant	BANANA
Hotel in pleasant position	NICHE
Island people in specialist trial	EXPERIMENT
Lear's daughter in good heart leaves for season	OREGANO
Like bird with greyish appearance	ASHEN
Member on stage	LEG
Our mutual confidant?	GATEPOST
Passage the writer will read aloud	AISLE
Prayer from crew on capsized craft	MANTRA
Runner seen in Lusk Island	SKI
Sheep bit castle defenders here?	RAMPART
Shepherd initially caring for flock	SWARM
The PM arose to change prevailing mood	ATMOSPHERE
Wise to have statue moved	ASTUTE