The Times - Cryptic - December 25 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28170
Clues	Answers
Adapted? It's what the landlord did	Accommodated
Asian garments adopted by abstemious old Russian	TSARIST
Better way to get a new winding device	CAPSTAN
Boxer cheers maiden with rowing crew at bar	BANTAMWEIGHT
Churlish scoundrel with bad name say returning alone	CURMUDGEONLY
Clever old man brought into line	CAPABLE
Company register initially available in part of plant	COROLLA
Energy lacking in French composer's works? That's acceptable	SATISFACTORY
Famous clown given a drink	COCOA
Fast runner from east of Germany with money to burn	OSTRICH
Flying eagle in descent	LINEAGE
Gruelling contest takes a month, attracting most of Irish town	DECATHLON
Headdresses trade union leader finally proscribes	TURBANS
Immoral, destroying lace in hut	UNETHICAL
Initially such a strange old name for a cathedral city	SARUM
Innumerable pounds raked in by nobleman's wife	COUNTLESS
Learner involved in preserving Scottish game	CURLING
Luxurious work originally unveiled fast	OPULENT
Old soldier's language in court!	CHINDIT
Powerless to arrest retired chap impossible to identify	unnamable
Red coats perhaps originally tailored around the centre of Derby	MARXIST
Splendid-sounding place for nuts, perhaps?	GRATE
Sporting triumph head of Lancing entered in file	BLINDER
Stylish English member introducing a set of books	ELEGANT
Styptic required by north American ex-student	ALUMNUS
Talking bird of little importance, it may be said	MYNAH
Time-waster ultimately agreed to go to France without one	DALLIER
Upset hanger-on by mistake? Nonsense	RUBBISH
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic Jumbo No 1532
Clues	Answers
A fever, reduced vastly after treatment __ it'll release tension	safety valve
After broadcast, left with new holiday reading material	airport novel
Article on fruit or vegetable is dramatic stuff	the cherry orchard
Assist with getting out boy chef's first chicken cooking equipment	field kitchen
Awkward reform of power, discussing dropping leader __ it's a matter of balance	tightrope walking
Badly focused plan worked, securing island	MISAPPLIED
Become skilled and prosper, with tablets to deliver	get ones hand in
Bit of film, very loud, not soft. It features a face	CLIFF
Blurry spirals with eye inflammation	ERYSIPELAS
Boozy girls finally had respite, tucking into coffees	LADETTES
Briefly to join monarch on the warpath?	ATTACKING
Concern about deity's slow-moving steed	CARTHORSE
Consumed about half of that money getting prepared	at the ready
Cool __ radios ahead to identify financial difficulty	RECEIVERSHIP
Cross with version of the rodeo offering unconventional elements	HETERODOX
Cross, I will leave country	SPAN
Cross-channel prank possibly making sopranos livid	poisson davril
Description? Here's mine about article supporting energy	EPITHET
Dry river __ bring assistance round	ARID
Endless rumour about bridge players, excellent ones? Lack of reports would be better	no news is good news
Gasbag opening after heading away from aerial feature	LOUDMOUTH
Gratified, in recent days, to be apprehended by US cop	FLATTERED
Leading figure accepting one element of climb	STAIR
Linen, note, thin, like certain sheets, not soft	NAPERY
Location for flying staff going to capital in pursuit of a European	AERODROME
Long talk from salesman exuding pressure	ITCH
Marine explorer heads for home upsetting daughter and her brother?	HUDSON
Martial art to finish in knock-out	KENDO
Member supporting Celsius scale	CLIMB
Mischief getting part of mine to collapse	IMPLODE
Most helpful equipment to go round mountains (not summit)	KINDEST
Mostly irritable, taking charge in restricted situation	rat-trap
Not missing a show, anyway	at all events
Old man hurrying to secure shed that's coming down	parachuting
One fan receiving page offering data?	INPUT
Oscar for each actor starting off dramatic work	OPERA
Overlooked Democrat pursuing extra work	SIDELINED
Particular US city that is upset about gamble?	ESPECIAL
Predisposition to complete enclosure in front of the yard	TENDENCY
Put off that woman, as it happens, avoiding island	SHELVE
Readily adopt shorter steps?	take in ones stride
Rejected objections delivered with persistence	STUBBORN
Religious hardliner turned up and hurried to suppress it	PURITAN
Repetitive tunes and hint about new microphone enthralling us	trance music
Report of crime plan, describing systematic order	SYNTACTIC
Sadly rejected unusual decision to take English and French dish	salade nicoise
See how you like having that drunk in the vicinity	so there
Senior figure identified in articles in two European countries	ELDER
Sexual activity adopted by one couple to reproduce	IMITATE
Source of infection turning up in tranquil ocean	e coli
Storyline relinquishing hot pace	TREAD
They won't fight provided India's participating in treaties	PACIFISTS
This clue should be worked out with a note pad	launch site
Unexpectedly cheers up getting left in tomb	SEPULCHRE
Unidentified bloke from European island	MANX
Wave turned over fellow in swimming suit	TSUNAMI
Wheeled vehicle taking out a duck __ this one?	SCOTER
Widespread urge to wrap stone in some embroidery?	blanket stitch
Wilt with day turning unfortunate	DROOP
Worker in the field is a tiresome sort about recycling CERN equipment	border collie