The Times - Cryptic - July 27 2021 Crossword Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28040
Clues	Answers
A form of address to a fellow lacks hint of thoughtfulness __ one is offensive	ABUSER
Able regularly to get our paper early	BETIMES
Additional qualification for sportsperson	RIDER
Admired people I only half think about	ICONS
Character of one who may sing in choir	TENOR
Chimney, pillar with less attractive shape?	LUMPIER
Colour above country	OVERSTATE
Cut wood goes to fires ultimately	STEAK
Diary penned by Pooter, e.g. is terrific	REGISTER
First sight of enemy in some water perhaps in this?	GALLEON
Girl is holding on in attempts to win converts	MISSIONS
Grass and tree is dividing two hotels	HASHISH
Huge island, eastern, occupied by a thousand soldiers	IMMENSE
I must be seen in factory watering-hole __ there's a bit of pressure	MILLIBAR
Insect starts to climb high tree	BEECH
Mum is one old bird full of energy joining rave	DEODORANT
Nothing all right with dreadful threat around? Cheered up	took heart
One of several flowers surrounding chap's about to burst open	DEHISCE
Outline plan hasn't succeeded __ it floats away?	KETCH
Painful look given by wife in church	WINCE
Partner that is drunkard imbibing quietly	SPOUSE
Promoting a series of operatic works beginning with endless violence	furthering
Punter, not abstaining, may get it	BEER
Romeo stands in ruin __ an occupier of position by entrance	DOORMAN
Runner in race	SHOOT
Semiaquatic creature has to appear in fresh communities	new towns
Sun a strange blue? Such may be a puzzle!	SOLUBLE
Terrible tirade overwhelms me, not wanting a black mark	DEMERIT
Test needs article to be lowered into old pit	EXAMINE
The latest thing in our generation?	RAGE
Vessel provided by club carrying granny with neckwear	banana boat
Way bad lover is out to trap you texting?	BOULEVARD
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1926
Clues	Answers
Animal with a sore throat, by the sound of it	HORSE
Creature on the Serengeti developing a growth	WARTHOG
Curb champ from time to time	CAP
Danger briefly upset teacher	SIR
Give first of benzedrine tablets to wife	BESTOW
Good getting young ones to shine	GLITTER
Idiot in school becoming a pain	STITCH
Mountain most demanding in leader's absence	EVEREST
Old writer on about Sir Len Hutton?	OPENER
Old-fashioned saw	DATED
Peaceful surroundings of Tahiti?	PACIFIC
Picnic, and what you might eat on it?	piece of cake
Policemen's ball? You might be arrested there	cop shop
Position of faculty announced	SITE
Powerful pressure on a French chap of good standing?	PUNGENT
Raised money, they say	BRED
Ridiculously stern peer who introduces radio show?	PRESENTER
Smiley face perhaps in demo, jittery?	EMOJI
Some Mexican aperitifs and a bite to eat?	CANAPE
Street cop being beaten up is confidential	top secret
Support rebellious modern teens	ENDORSEMENT
Threatening words occasionally worried London Stock Exchange	or else
Wail about that woman making fruit	CHERRY
Worker in Salvation Army who brings you presents?	SANTA