The Times Cryptic June 22 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28010
Clues	Answers
Almost defeated accepting British weakness	FOIBLE
An element of empty unionism on Ulster sash	NIOBIUM
Arranged quite a display	ARRAY
Barnet fixer is hard character to control	HAIRGRIP
Composer put in octave nervously	TAVENER
Cox wobbling a bit?	one over the eight
Difficult individual to wake up without something in tea and coffee	ONEROUS
Fish thrash, rising both sides of flowing creek	MACKEREL
Five pence out of pocket under a guarantee that's expired	AVOUCH
Game in trap with strange marks and unknown	gin rummy
Gang in class which might be playing noisily?	CASSETTE
Hackneyed college stuff maybe is something not seen in the real world	UNICORN
Ireland introducing minute eastern moth	ERMINE
Made his Ben Hur intrinsically so long	ADIEU
Mine gold initially in a lot of bedrock	bags i
One appreciates what you did to a hunky cast	THANKYOU
One of the composers, ie, in Bruch, Brahms and Liszt	CHERUBINI
One using bait to trap chief hunting dog	LURCHER
Ornamental plant bed mostly eaten by injured raven	VERBENA
Our establishment's trendy, in rear street with headgear British and European	the powers that be
Pelican that's no more, unfortunately right after feline enters	alcatras
Preserve water slide around New Year	CHUTNEY
Prospect of official document __ and time to fill it	VISTA
Ray providing home for river fish	BREAM
Reckon one's travelling by car?	ESTIMATE
Riddle about whiskey for Irish dean	SWIFT
Settle advance payment before party	SUBSIDE
Stop sleeping at college after fire	wake up
Wexford perhaps sent cop around in Ireland	INSPECTOR
What's rude? Yell is, in church	CHURLISH
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1901
Clues	Answers
A char, say, may react to an enticement	rise to the bait
Anger about loud firearm	RIFLE
Apprentice in series, cheery at heart	TRAINEE
Difficult problem? Learner's lost heart	TICKER
Dismiss bank clerk	CASHIER
Even unacceptable at top speed	flat out
Fat boy eating another, ultimately	LARD
Feast I prepared for Spanish celebration, say	FIESTA
Finally book end of August	at last
Foray: angry about it arising	SORTIE
Issue concerning tenancy agreement	RELEASE
Join military group, European	UNITE
Leave a ring on	ABANDON
Main artery forming part of that road heading west	AORTA
Notice small trophy	SPOT
One way of getting something you want from one named Santa, improbably	a means to an end
Produce firm short undergarment	HARVEST
Protective garment, more than a couple of pounds	OVERALL
Separate because of significant discovery	BREAKTHROUGH
Snake that may cause dread	ADDER
Subject of article: Middle East	THEME
Unusual of female to attend	OFFBEAT
Vitality plus unusual energy	PULSE
What clothes designers may be good at in current environment?	TRENDSETTING