The Times - Cryptic - December 6 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28153
Clues	Answers
A lack of training? That's not gonna happen!	NOPE
A long intro from Hendrix?	AITCH
Artist gatecrashes every exhibition, principally as a complaint	EARACHE
Big jar picked up	GREAT
Boss of film company denied one Oscar	STUD
Child joining a large comprehensive	TOTAL
Container of eggs nearly knocked over	TIN
Dissolute young trainee mostly overwhelmed with depression	DECADENT
Dodgy retail stores fight for free computer programmes	trialware
Duke eclipsing king and cardinal	FIRST
Familiar issue beginning to encumber investigation	PROBE
Fluster in the end a little bit and struggle to manage	rat race
Guy takes a drink in a stupor	CATATONIC
Heroin stashed in dirty vessel	DINGHY
Learned soaring number in concert	TOGETHER
Moderates needing restraint, being without power	DAMPENS
Muted, odd new pants acquired by fashionable people	toned down
Pair winning almost immediately	PRONTO
Pie contains nuts, for example	case in point
Provide compensation for bad TV	OFFSET
Sequence featuring in advert for brewing equipment	tea-strainer
Society function hosted by European leader for composer	ROSSINI
Sweet potatoes, peeled	PUD
Terrace positioned externally ruined fancy entrance	red carpet
Tight flips in the middle of great move	ACTUATE
Tranquil, mainly secure island location in Africa	SERENGETI
Trial a combination of having no booze and exercise	dry run
Type of food in a tin, cooked without opening	TANDOORI
Wings of nylon filled with a strong material	NANKEEN
Wipe the floor with flash young boxer?	mop up
Within minutes, idiot adviser rebuffed radio and the press etc	mass media
Workplaces had to be located with rest, oddly	ATELIERS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2020
Clues	Answers
144 in total	GROSS
A very old blighter, round for fruit	AVOCADO
Actress handled vial nervously	de havilland
Animal, partly domesticated	CAT
Breed of rabbit from African country, right for length	ANGORA
Callers upset with Tracy? That's perfectly obvious	crystal-clear
Collect a cold cure concoction	ACCRUE
Comic character, reckless and wild	Desperate Dan
Decline to admit a Conservative's in front	FACADE
Drink mother's ruin __ are legs almost buckling?	ginger ale
Former statute, correct in every detail	EXACT
Hand tool __ test briefly upon return	AXE
Nightclub in Sheffield is colourful	DISCO
Not entirely where studying may lead one?	to a degree
On stage	LEG
One may read this either way	Aga saga
Playing Dutch role, surrounded oneself with admirers	held court
Sailor, famous person, heading off	TAR
Second eleven shown in book mate circulated	reserve team
Sword nicked young woman	CUTLASS
True masculine domain	REALM
Watched rival? United?	VIEWED
Whisky, for example, before good savoury item of food	scotch egg
Willpower about to crack	RESOLVE