The Times - Cryptic - August 20 2021 Crossword Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28061
Clues	Answers
Alumnus embraced by schmuck, virtually worthless	two-bit
Begin a few airy moves	fire away
Body part ’urt	ARM
Boss is right by mistake!	GAFFER
Challenger bogus, by the sound of it?	FOE
Comprehensive teacher knocked back by somebody without guts in assembly	general synod
Con warder	SCREW
Cross: a little indignant, I go nuts!	TIGON
Cry “shocker”, with house getting overrun initially	BOOHOO
Defying convention, returned to cricket pavilion?	left-field
Egg for example that’s eaten primarily with pheasant?	GAMETE
House one left protected by two little boys and a girl	royal family
Liking temple, for example?	soft spot
Politician needs way to reverse domestic problem	dry rot
Popular incentive for knight	HOTSPUR
Royal phone held by supporter	STATELY
Seal, common colour	bottle green
Sense cube squeezes in precisely	EYESIGHT
Shameless for sure, men breaking heart of fraulein	UNREMORSEFUL
Standard carrying feeble column	PILLAR
Standard for example aboard vessel	FLAGON
Stifling communication in the end, doctor operates __ words rarely spoken	ESPERANTO
Stomach calmer, perhaps one manages to regroup	MAGNESIA
Stores opening in rush to don items of lingerie	PANTRIES
To repent after damaging storehouse	ENTREPOT
Trouble __ that's in the soup!	hot water
Trouble for Asian holidaying in Africa?	On safari
Wearing black, tango perfectly balanced	STABLE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1944
Clues	Answers
American uncle turning up in Damascus	SAM
Bishop with crowd standing beside church yard in an irregular form	BLOTCHY
British avoiding showing intelligence? Correct	RIGHT
Change with regard to group of students	REFORM
Comic greeting America, including North and South American cities	HILARIOUS
Doctor has to run a car?	MOTOR
Faced with dilemma over fuss? That’s a blow	TORNADO
First pair of marines aboard harbour vessel, back in range	GAMUT
Free to fail, getting nothing twice	LOOSE
Government Minister? Sadly they care more about status, primarily	home secretary
Horde of people, upset about defeat, to become more mature	BLOSSOM
I modified using one? Very clever	INGENIOUS
In uncomplicated final part of course	home straight
It helps to forget different men in a large part of the world	AMNESIA
Month with other ranks for council official	MAYOR
Payment arrangement cheaper? I rush, madly	hire-purchase
Problem involving credit leading to melée	SCRUM
Rigidly precise, restricting small source of coloured light	PRISM
Snapshot, as it’s developed, reveals store worker	shop assistant
Sort to dance beside curious platform	ROSTRUM
Sport and business degree? Here may be steps you can take	RUMBA
The writer recalled hugging large tree	ELM
Unhappy year when kept outside confines of the stable	STEADY
Wanting to see girl in capital of Germany	MISSING