The Times Cryptic April 27 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27962
Clues	Answers
A couple of dogs slim down	CURTAIL
A legislator's current measure	AMP
A rugby player's carrying ball about	APROPOS
A variable rate __ it's a little number	ARIETTA
American who serves German artist	GIOTTO
Ancient ruler's stable and popular heading for election	CONSTANTINE
Bones used in holy rituals, mostly	SACRA
Catty Pope who got canonised	LEONINE
Dog track's mine	COLLIERY
Draw either side of street, showing brilliance	LUSTRE
Due to get picked up along with au pair	DUO
English king cutting public tax beyond what's reasonable	OVEREXERT
Err again perhaps to get frankincense or myrrh?	RESIN
Established church in French region	PROVENCE
Globe, say, or Earth spinning in telescope's frame	THEATRE
Information still absorbing one's time	STATISTIC
It's surprisingly clear to me one may be seen as fashionable in society?	LATECOMER
Lord, say, invading position	LIEGE
Make issue for tablet in box	PROCREATE
Manage to stand, stretch, exercise and give a lift to ladder	RUN
Maybe camping outside Dover, wanting nothing accidental	INADVERTENT
Phased in changes in clergyman's office	DEANSHIP
Small winter garment swept off one's feet	SMITTEN
Stuff for reading up at home, good for bathroom DIY?	TILING
This person's going to trouble	ILL
Those who occupy a very small colony?	TENANTS
Two groups of soldiers and I see religious object	MENORAH
Utter justification to lose weight	ARRANT
Website there designs features to be firmly attached	TETHERED
What driver uses to wear clothing inside out?	reverse gear
What's used to dress model given attire	VINAIGRETTE
Where dancers are in two rings	DISCO
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1861
Clues	Answers
Authorise staff appointment	MANDATE
Best study hard to take in English	CREAM
Bins leak, unfortunately liable to end up under water	SINKABLE
Border broken up in united Germany	EDGE
Christmas wrapping very new	NOVEL
Considered taking a certain duke after me	MEASURED
Exploit tramps regularly	TAP
Exposed blubber creates a widespread show of disapproval	OUTCRY
Father set of octuplets __ a load to be carried	FREIGHT
French coin a name for their emperor	NAPOLEON
Hurries back for a short car trip	SPIN
Italian dish completely different to rosti	RISOTTO
Lamb's progenitor is core to sacrament	RAM
Male blushing about girl affected	MANNERED
Meat takes working	STEAK
One getting fires going so trains will move	ARSONIST
Pressure to spearhead appeal	PLEAD
Pub to ban chap, a brutish fellow	BARBARIAN
Sport you might get in butchers?	GAME
Stand up to female champion	FACE
Stickler for the law gets all flustered about one	LEGALIST
Stop to remove cape for comfort	EASE
Sure American has hidden this tool	REAMER
Take a look at cutter set up over colliery, say	EXAMINE
Thoroughly inspect old block	VETO
Threatening fury in party over United States	DANGEROUS