The Times - Cryptic - January 14 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28187
Clues	Answers
Act to defend author penning nasty piece of work	BARRICADE
Artist having lamb to start with after nil by mouth	ORAL
Bird with raucous call not quite making channel	GULL
Burning a jacket king's taken off	ABLAZE
Check when coming aboard earlier vessel	SCHOONER
Clubs in correct order	EDICT
Complete religious work in Ireland	ENTIRE
Craft should go round Scottish lake to find border	GUILLOCHE
Disastrous couple keeping son in poor state	DISREPAIR
Elusive Iberian leaders snarled up outside	INTANGIBLE
Game in which Josh Billings initially behind bars?	CRIBBAGE
Horse cooked in casserole wife chucked out	STEED
King had this made specially for crossing river	DREAM
Labour Party not likely to split?	chain gang
Like woman raising issue or unusually alert man	MATERNAL
Make note about time in cheese-producing region	FABRICATE
Metallica finally exits festival compound	ESTER
New idea put into Bond, leaving book, getting better	on the mend
No calcium needed for spot cream	LOTION
Nonchalant during escape, one ought to be strung up	fairy light
One article written about another Macbeth for example	THANE
Portuguese saint imports good grain for pudding	SAGO
Problem breathing arises where coating on pills removed	CROUP
Reactionary TV character bringing stone into converted flat	Alf Garnett
Reported truce spread by degrees	PIECEMEAL
Small Liverpudlian singer inspiring in tango? Just a little	SCINTILLA
Sort of red polish unknown	RUBY
Spiritual icon I see at last in Nebraskan city	OMAHA
Tribute nicely written about saint	TOAST
Understated, it should be expunged from screen translation	SUBTLE
US violinist sectarians upset	Isaac Stern
Worst thing is to accept twin returning commendations	PLAUDITS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2049
Clues	Answers
Admit awareness of current learning	ACKNOWLEDGE
Alarming exclamation from TV doctor before surgical procedures!	WHOOPS
Chap entertaining longing for somewhere to cook	KITCHEN
Civic dignitary planting tree on island	ALDERMAN
Communicate with a daughter in Brazilian port	RADIO
Conditions laid down for schoolkids' work periods	TERMS
Dined in college, according to report	EATEN
Embrace son beset by worries	CARESS
Flight of geese identified by European in hide	SKEIN
Fret in the past, brought up in south-east	AGONISE
Inspect an explosive device with former partner	EXAMINE
Islanders keeping band in headquarters	BALINESE
It may be drunk, or eaten with marmalade, perhaps	TOAST
Item in sports programme requiring level track, originally	EVENT
Medic removing tip of tail from fish	SURGEON
Objection from pair initially on trial	PROTEST
Old male writer taking American passenger vehicle	OMNIBUS
Perspicacity unwelcome in performing musicians?	SHARPNESS
Recklessly bid a lot for popular paper	TABLOID
Restoration we learn about	RENEWAL
Sound made by donkey __ or horse crossing river?	BRAY
Thinking Reg must keep a son at home	REASONING
Tool gardener finally wrapped in absorbent cloth	TROWEL
US city's way to divide benefit	BOSTON
Well-to-do? That's laughable!	RICH