The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28065 August 25 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28065
Clues	Answers
8 soldiers stopping the old adversary	ENEMY
A holiday-maker is more affected	CAMPER
Ambassador in temperate area __ a character!	THETA
Country house girl introducing European verse form	VILLANELLE
Dared do cleaner‘s job, getting round resistance	DURST
Devout Cockney crossing green in full view	OVERTLY
Drink a politician offered, depending on chance	ALEATORY
Excessively sentimental message? Not entirely	TWEE
Flyer's broadcast gripping sixth wife	SPARROW
Genuine misprint	LITERAL
Give away extremely useful key in seedy bar	DIVULGE
Jacob's father lives with a retired accountant	ISAAC
Leaping over arched work in roof	VAULTING
Libertine group originally haunting a former capital	LOTHARIO
Like some wine yours truly had talked of, showing no emotion	dry-eyed
Lukewarm fare served up quietly inside	TEPID
Mad Peter and I out for a spin	PIROUETTE
Oddly it draws in a believer in natural selection	DARWINIST
One visiting fat son with joint landowner's position	LAIRDSHIP
Plant soldiers concealed outside entrance to camp	ORCHID
Primitive tribe finally allowed a man to keep servants	ELEMENTAL
Pungent account run by certain papers	ACRID
Reason for fading light in part of Leinster?	WICKLOW
Scented mixture first brought back for French king and emperor	POTPOURRI
Slow road engulfed by Scottish river	TARDY
Snowslip burying a northern church in a dale	AVALANCHE
Storyline inspiring current TV try-out, perhaps	PILOT
Union leader forcing insurrection	UPRISING
Wasteful academic delayed welcoming soldier back	PROFLIGATE
Way in which third of wolves utter plaintive cries	HOWL
What we may have in summer for a period of instruction	LESSON
Worsted yarn wife found in fish basket	CREWEL
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Clues	Answers
Bestow first class mark: you'll see it in Cambridge	GRANTA
Botched manicure dreadful, ultimately, in digits?	NUMERICAL
Cleaning part of building, coming across burnt remains	WASHING
Close relation starts to sing in shower	SIS
Declares valuable items when crossing border, finally	ASSERTS
Each set of figures suitable for consumption	EATABLE
Force way through seaside attraction by church	PIERCE
Hairdressers, perhaps, try less rearranging	STYLERS
Heavily built, yet am shoved around	MEATY
I run up and check PIN	RIVET
I'd put in note reflecting change	EDIT
Language of Inland Revenue is hard	IRISH
Man heading for the Big Apple	TONY
Not prepared for revolution, or major conflict	WAR
Only second half of hymn is formal and dignified	SOLEMN
Oscar having to hang around to do some housework?	HOOVER
Pastry dishes brought up for daughter in Warks town	STRATFORD
Right to stop daily cake: it causes skin condition!	SUNBURN
Sign on apartment maybe one removed from gents?	to let
Smart health organisation providing loud music	thrash metal
Source of light a big hit in space	gas lamp
Sultanate, British, and a French one	BRUNEI
Surprise as some Birmingham bus hijacked	AMBUSH
Toughest RAF training in great demand	sought-after