The Times - Cryptic - August 27 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28067
Clues	Answers
Abuse Frenchman caught slashing fixed discount	MISCONDUCT
After trouble, firm invested in kitsch morning wear	TAILCOAT
Asian in love needs initial prod, you say?	FILIPINO
Believers heading off after ceremony to sample catering, maybe	service industry
Closure of bank that is opposed to capital	KIEV
Continental gent to engage troops	SIGNOR
Couple running round island in judge's wake	JOIN
Doctor considered dropping over, and withdrew	RESCINDED
Dumpy crew eliminating last outsider in tournament	SQUAT
Fighter backing king of Britain at outset	BOXER
Hazard youngster comes across	chances on
Hostess's porridge is hardly dipped into	GEISHA
Increasingly hare-brained acts crippled bank	SCATTIER
Inexpensive way to sell a lot?	KNOCKDOWN
Leave rear of theatre this way, of course	quite so
Like eggs, half-a-dozen coated in old mould	OVIFORM
Mariner heard behind another person making descent	ABSEILER
Most new mums do it, tardily pocketing bill	LACTATE
One's imagining Romeo with shoddy readymade clothing	DAYDREAMER
One-ended pen cover for pupils	BLINDFOLD
Outstanding amateur	UNPAID
Problem settled in Communications centre, no question	GLITCH
Projectile to shoot wolf	BOLT
Roaming seashore on vacation, so try seafood	OYSTERS
Star in retro production to get makeover artist?	RENOVATOR
Stiffly formal or cryptically relaxed from the start?	PRIMORDIAL
Story ultimately relayed in song	LIED
Weaponry General Thumb was never without?	small arms
What fiery folk have: energy during brief altercation	short fuses
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1949
Clues	Answers
Attack bishop, after all the rest	BLAST
Carefulness with which engineer approaches old Chaldean city	RIGOUR
Contents of mini-vat could supply health supplement	VITAMIN
Dad gets torn apart with time __ condition of having children	PARENTAGE
Deserter heading north is a sailor	TAR
Devon flower in spring	DART
Editor about to get set of principles laid down	DECREED
Female going to match __ second-rate journey?	BRIDE
Fix material next to display	REPAIR
Group in the morning coming back chums	MATES
Historian reveals bad king to us in a different way	HERODOTUS
Mathematical concepts appearing in problem: massive	LEMMAS
Meat in picnic basket half wasted	HAM
Mother a bit wet, not all there	DAM
Norma maybe is not entirely cooperative	OPERA
One badly attired may need to be compensated	REDRESSED
Popular copper entertains them periodically, beyond a doubt	INCONTESTABLE
Prohibition has detective briefly restraining pub workers	DEBARMENT
Pub submerged in the river could be more watery	THINNER
Put up with something hairy for the most part	BEAR
Rapid escape, an extraordinary vanishing act	DISAPPEARANCE
Realise that you have to stop and get very cross	see red
Refusal by daughter to show sign of agreement?	NOD
Separate identity given in sleazy bar	DIVIDE
Shoot messenger?	RUNNER
State of an atom, spinning around neutron initially	MONTANA