The Times - Cryptic - November 3 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28125
Clues	Answers
A dreamer desperate for rum	DEMERARA
Acquiesce, needing to conceal incident	SCENE
Army reigns disastrously in foreign city	TANGIERS
Article Congress backed __ or opposed?	ANTI
Belief of society long evolving	SCIENTOLOGY
Children's edition	ISSUE
City haunt making delicious pastry?	ECLAIR
D for dimwit?	DUNDERHEAD
Director's after Charlie's guts?	CLEANS
Disapproved of promiscuous female? No wonder!	frowned on
Dogged cardinal going over account with evidence of debts	TENACIOUS
Glaswegian's rejection of celebrity losing millions	NAE
Grace perhaps, a sportsman changing sides	PRAYER
Hang about with French trainees, getting drunk	FRATERNISE
Happy about Bible being promoted	ELEVATED
Heavy person best to shift piano	LUMP
I defy you to be angry about article	so there
Ignorant to assume criminal's out of control	UNCONSTRAINED
Justify book having new introduction	DESERVE
Make Tory female firstly examine court	confect
Member chosen for XI getting runs	INSIDER
No servant upset duke? Brilliant!	DIAMOND
Office secretaries extremely coy	PAPACY
Operation inevitably includes staff	PERFORMANCE
Quantity of opium churchwarden can consume?	PIPEFUL
Regret insult in speech? Rubbish!	RHUBARB
Secret place where drunkard might be found?	under the table
Sweet little things found in harem perhaps	SULTANAS
Take drugs with half-cut Liverpudlian	USE
Upstart parking on street almost grabbing king	PARVENU
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1997
Clues	Answers
Abridge on regular basis __ that's important	BIG
An accompanying person in Paris is stifling exclamation of surprise	ESCORT
Assistant interrupted by second digression	ASIDE
Brought up the German wine	RED
Communicators on the rise aim to captivate English Duke	MEDIA
Doctor, I have ambition!	DRIVE
Entertainment seen in ancient era, bacchanalian, recalled	CABARET
First appearance of rime, peer curiously	PREMIERE
Genuine regret, after time	TRUE
Good score for child's term for flier	BIRDIE
Great hotel for swimming on the whole	ALTOGETHER
Jibing at heart when showing prejudice	BIAS
Love in the morning associated with us?	AMOUR
Mother's period home given to daughter, very bright person!	MASTERMIND
Name that's seen on door?	HANDLE
Passionate type of romantic relationship is doomed, initially	TORRID
Point about playground garden __ an example to be followed	PRECEDENT
Promote development of New Forest	FOSTER
Seaman gets new beginning __ he's working in menswear	TAILOR
Signs figure in harbour towns	PORTENTS
Ultimate in smart town headgear	TURBAN
Ultimately got free rein, mistakenly, to meddle	INTERFERE
Unfortunately goes to butt of jokes	STOOGE
Wreck party after hill exercise	TORPEDO