The Times - Cryptic - August 31 2021 Crossword Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28070
Clues	Answers
Abundance of banality? More work required, with one change	CORNUCOPIA
Assistant forgoing record tax	DUTY
Attractive forests are finally encountering axes	SEXY
Called, cancelling start of general preparatory period	run-up
Catalogue containing old book by political operator	LOBBYIST
Circulating damp polluted air in strange plant-holder	TERRARIUM
Clubs depressed bridge team, not the brightest people?	CLOWNS
Deft clue I recast is misleading	DECEITFUL
Excellent sewer sequestering carbon in damaging fluid	acid rain
Gloomy corner church artist has come in to draw	SEPULCHRAL
Green spots in food store leading to no serious comment	PLEASANTRY
Henry is working to block agent, backing mind-control	HYPNOSIS
Letter from nine written in reverse	IOTA
Lifeless hair? There's no spring in it	DEADLOCK
Note rise of US writer they condemned as a mere beginner	NEOPHYTE
Party goer regularly finding the way out?	DOOR
Pencil marking circling a line rejected as nonsense	BLAH
Pick source of radioactivity on particle	ELECTRON
Picture I get by removing a name	IMAGE
Place to gamble with mature, Damascene conversion	amusement arcade
Poet, fat and benevolent, neglecting daughters	LARKIN
Queen and King tucking into quiet drink	SHERRY
Runs off after snatching coat, to be precise	split hairs
Small picture that's reduced by 50 per cent in album unfortunately	THUMBNAIL
Something burning up oxygen in measuring device	METEOR
Unexpected gains in turn decline for spells	windfall profits
Vegetable, cold and difficult to chew	CHARD
Very much forgetting day in the remote past	EARLY
Waters garden bordering river in curved shape	HORSESHOE
Way of working will fill a second book	AMOS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1951
Clues	Answers
A piece of cake being raised in a wood	BALSA
An old soldier in being discharged is saying goodbye	leave-taking
Animal's lair found by alien in street	SETT
Atlas range is here with fine leather for binding	MOROCCO
Bird nesting in hibiscus	IBIS
Charm of funny Belgium mostly attracting English	BEGUILE
Democrat winning legal round before US two-timing	DUPLICITOUS
Dismembered body is well to the east of hill	TORSO
Everyone turned up when cutting wood in fall	COLLAPSE
Fruit __ penny off, the whole lot	EACH
Like something valuable held by Maurice	AURIC
More aching with cold inside, queen's a charmer	SORCERER
Musician __ one with a racket	FIDDLER
Notes what the future holds	FATE
One likely to succeed in search for gold	PROSPECT
Player is among leaders of our best orchestras today	OBOIST
Sailor in base is capable of working	VIABLE
Stadium's healthy upsurge in crowd feeling	GROUNDSWELL
Strange fatigue besetting millions __ what smoking may do	FUMIGATE
Sweet, one that's rich with key energy	TOFFEE
Talk about small herb	PARSLEY
Think about complete tan when swimming	CONTEMPLATE
What holds cooking oil, very European?	OLIVE
Who might participate in trial with entering running relay	LAWYER