The Times Cryptic May 26 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27987
Clues	Answers
African expresses disapproval with India	TUTSI
An orchestra's on top of that	ALSO
Bung joint in bloke's case	BRIBE
Clean up the fourth Mediterranean city	Tel Aviv
Coach line supporter	SLEEPER
Collector opposed mine, right away	ANTIQUARY
Current measure in Soho upset cleaner	SHAMPOO
Deposit, say, posh pharmacist in Hebridean stack	lump sum
Element of watery discharge swamping part of UK	RHENIUM
English judge inspires fighter to leave country	EMIGRATE
Flies before noon found in deep litter	JETSAM
Girl's back impeding soldier's view from premises	SYLLOGISM
Green where spring water comes from, seen travelling west	NAIVE
Group punching glib country fan	PATRIOT
Hide needlework display in Edinburgh	TATTOO
Lift remains of drink	HEELTAP
Like Simon or Herb	SIMPLE
Notice dispute off course	ADRIFT
Occupants of house provided in scruffy 28	life peers
Old one's in to raise work with puny margins for drug supplier	opium poppy
Old writers briefly endure dealing with technique	STYLISTIC
Perhaps the lorry left paper off	ARTICLE
Popular paper by leaderless authority's beyond words	INEXPRESSIBLE
Random 'Notes on a Small Island' seen in Circle Line	OCCASIONAL
Respect quartet I left in town	CIVILITY
Run under superb service tree	ACER
Squirm on TV and lie about dummy act	VENTRILOQUISM
Start to chop tree without a top	CROWN
They reflect action sure to curb traffic primarily	cats-eyes
Youths with it claim Yankee title	LADYSHIP
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1882
Clues	Answers
A bad person in charge holds me up at university?	ACADEMIC
Apply to go up and down	REFER
Boy, turning ten, always poetic as writer of verse	SONNETEER
Cleaner to fix plant outside entrance to bathroom	NAILBRUSH
Conservative on mission for mastery	CONQUEST
Couple who wrote American novels?	TWAIN
Farmer, an Argentinian who fought between rivers	RANCHER
Holy figureheads transformed into Spartans	patron saints
Joining a couple of hundred, accompanied by rebellious noises	ACCESSION
Looked to have organ around church	GLANCED
Marking zero __ that's heartless!	NOTING
Mechanic showing skill if joined by decorator	ARTIFICER
North-country folk irksome Henry upset	YORKSHIREMEN
Numbers including crazy folk who can't settle?	NOMADS
Resin supplied by servant releasing key	LAC
Shortens more than one agreement	CONTRACTS
Something valuable quietly presented to lord	PEARL
State of old character residing in British India	BRUNEI
Sword penetrates a breast __ just part of it	SABRE
Taken in and punished __ not the first	EATEN
The best ointment?	CREAM
Very small interval __ much less than an hour	MINUTE
Wasted energy involves everyone as a rule	GENERALLY
Where to drink during November	INN