The Times Cryptic May 4 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27968
Clues	Answers
Animal seen moving around Pacific native	MELANESIAN
Brute force said to break good man	SADIST
Contrary to opinion, week appears, ultimately, a long time	YONKS
Country where capital's neither opened nor closed	IRAN
Creature putting leg under twice	BISON
Device locating companion in part of New England	MACHINE
Egyptian god, determined	SET
Figures, slightly retrograde	DATA
For example, Tommy and soldiers, those working together	cooperants
Fracture that's the same!	SNAP
Game played with associated board, cheat and get low grade	CRIBBAGE
General claims as support for property transaction	LEASEBACK
Instrument shaken roughly about, mine inspiring ridicule primarily	TAMBOURINE
Kind of door finished twice?	up-and-over
Marry and make a splash?	take the plunge
Message lovely and short in the end	TWEET
Might one pass with those standards kept up?	flying colours
Moving a lot, I'm one on the move!	EMOTIONAL
Native American people almost as tribal, oddly, in European country	CROATIA
Party in minutes ending in government — probable landslide?	no contest
Possibly, lewd queen worried doctor	ADULTERATE
Redeeming quality in old batsman after keeper's job?	saving grace
Take in tenants every so often	EAT
Tree trunk enthusiast	CHESTNUT
Two Georges taking a test	VIVA
United team is in the driving seat, reportedly	LEEDS
Witness watching over, perhaps?	ATTEST
Wood terribly dry, then a water supplier on the way	fire hydrant
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1866
Clues	Answers
Back company in engaging American relative	second cousin
Beast of burden arrived, then left	CAMEL
Bouquet made from cloth in European country	FRAGRANCE
Bring up easily portable car part	rear light
Consistency of old Tyneside head	ONENESS
Drive carelessly, running front of taxi into foreman	OVERSTEER
Edges of double bed cut down to size	DEBUNK
Excessive tax? Not to Eire, surprisingly	EXTORTIONATE
Hateful mother with capacity to conceal name	DAMNABLE
Horse initially noted at Goodwood	NAG
Infamous head of occupied port seized by other people?	NOTORIOUS
Kid taken to court by police at last	SUEDE
Martial art expert in town in Japan	NINJA
Miserable with regard to grassy area, so to speak	FORLORN
Misguidedly ask Hector for a biscuit	SHORTCAKE
Moderated bad temper displayed in commercial	ABATED
Old-fashioned books about university	OUT
Pathetic type's small circle including a couple of daughters	SADDO
Person who's tested an explosive device in river	EXAMINEE
Player on stage removing agent's head	ACTOR
Regrets accepting Liberal regulations	RULES
Star sign giving protection to a shrewish woman	VIRAGO
Thus one African country identifies an inhabitant of another	SOMALI
Workman excited over pieta	OPERATIVE