The Times - Cryptic - October 25 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28117
Clues	Answers
Aren’t changes blocking give-and-take between heavenly bodies?	INTERPLANETARY
Bunting British playwright placed around US city	ORTOLAN
Church wine in NW town, one mostly peaceful	ECCLESIASTICAL
Country chap taking a degree externally	AMERICA
County man engaging a supporter for the retired	BEDSTEAD
English bishop caught in seedy joint	ELBOW
Entice fish back to the sheltered side	LEEWARD
Errant Slavs working in the geometrician’s line	TRANSVERSAL
European name attached to everyone in court	WALLOON
Game teacher raised in river out East	TIGRIS
Get rid of talking bird dipping into cream	ELIMINATE
Gnome circling wood, moving casually	SASHAYING
Lack of procedures for securing publicity at present	NOWADAYS
Lassitude of Greek character in eastern part of UK	ENNUI
Mounted print finally framed by rising French artist	STAGED
Not even out of the ordinary	ODD
Old politician briefly accepting current state	LIBERIA
One-time cavalry officer carrying old woman’s jewelled headdress	CORONET
Opportunity for stating opinion, for example	SAY
Plant of advanced age captured by general staff	GOLDENROD
Posh churchgoer protected by solitary item of tack	SURCINGLE
Revealing unskilfulness in record time	INEPT
Rushing round bum hotel, making disapproving noises	harrumphing
Russian girl’s part of fair in Arkhangelsk	IRINA
Simple song about an aromatic plant	DITTANY
Source of milk runt initially guzzled __ a pleasant surprise	TREAT
Surprisingly clean yet ultimately effective gas	ACETYLENE
Turned out sadly to be lacking education	UNTUTORED
Waterside walk wife visits to caress horse	TOWPATH
Welshman possibly, with last of dairy’s cream	IVORY
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1990
Clues	Answers
Agree to provide ring	CHIME
Arguing on regular basis for continuous sequence	RUN
At sea? Right!	STARBOARD
Cheese fine initially, but not long	BRIEF
Cocktail from Caribbean island that Parisian avoids	MARTINI
Cows maybe man’s seen on road	HERD
Fitting to include soldier with American instruments	APPARATUS
Former community superior	PRIOR
Friend coming back with excellent computer	LAPTOP
From nation in South, rainy? Wrong!	SYRIAN
Headdress seen in Tahiti, a rarity	TIARA
In America bought vehicle having a particular purpose	CAB
Men spy duo concocting alias	PSEUDONYM
My story of a guy with poor habit being reformed	AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Not possible to make out?	UNFASHIONABLE
Note about skating area over time seen as worthless item	TRINKET
One claiming to predict future meeting editor? Get very angry	see red
One reluctant to describe shellfish?	CLAM
One with anecdotes and race to run in medley?	RACONTEUR
Peculiar spirit	RUM
Postscript about Greek letter used wrong way round in dialect	PATOIS
Strong cord from California that gaffer uses temporarily at first	CATGUT
Succeed in returning debt and retire here?	twin bed
Thick soup’s a new starter in this country building	COTTAGE
Usual thing — article describing conquest	NORMAN
When ultimately stuck, make request	ASK