The Times - Cryptic - January 26 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28197
Clues	Answers
1000, say; slightly more ones and zeroes	MEGABIT
A quiet moment with the French chap behind the museum?	ASHMOLE
Animated cow in garden to barge in after hesitation	ERMINTRUDE
Bloomer, with Latin stars receiving letter from Greek detectives	ASPIDISTRA
Capital made of gossip __ PC covered in shame	panama city
Come to a halt by front of pub in Ireland	EXPIRE
Day trip in need of whacking great deposit	pay dirt
Do reduce your litter!	sell a pup
Drive away reformed killer, perhaps, wiser after case dismissed	EXORCISE
Elders quietly replaced by trees next to railway	PRESBYTERY
Evidently need oil pipe	SQUEAK
Force king to accept a top politician’s charter	map-maker
Gifts the first thing Santa has for picking up?	LARGESSE
Go free from Baltic?	ZING
Graduate getting zero on a stiff paper	MANILA
Hint __ minor __ that’s dropped every so often	IOTA
Jack, with tyrant’s role, taking time out __ making it permanent?	ABDICATING
Jerk wanting nothing at first to do with loan request from Antony?	OTIC
Link with Brussels bureaucrat so ruefully if partially recalled	EUROSTAR
Low calorie helping reduced by a third, people learned	LITERATI
Machine chopped fruit that a human regularly bags	AUTOMATA
Old sailor wearing light, tight garment	LEOTARD
Poet’s light, mostly obscene book	day-lewis
Standard, one consistently falling short	COMMON
Tips on weapons hardware, so varied	ARROWHEADS
Vague desire maybe to get husband for Yankee lady at last	wishy-washy
What shoppers do after failure to find cooking ingredient	lemon grass
Where cricketers practise catches	NETS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2057
Clues	Answers
Amphibian originally featuring in sci-fi film	EFT
Approaches engendered by certain scorers?	OVERTURES
Article going into northern river’s meteorological conditions	WEATHER
Back firm briefly employing family member	second cousin
Close relative runs into trouble	BROTHER
Dull piece of floor-covering	MAT
Expert identifying species of flatfish	DAB
Fellow doctor at fight	COMBAT
Flexible individual initially visiting ruined castle	ELASTIC
Goal of one entering in the morning	AIM
Governor that needs to be straight	RULER
Headless rodent by barrier in European capital	AMSTERDAM
Helper on vessel talked of for a number of years	DECADE
Learner in group lacking illumination	UNLIT
Marine algae filling children with wonder	SEAWEED
Musician’s device satisfied small number in capital	METRONOME
Old sailor damages hot saline boggy area	salt marsh
Part of circle primarily haunting gateway, perhaps	ARCH
President Lincoln’s tip for second son?	ABEL
Row about granny’s first big cat	TIGER
Singer in bar given banknote, we hear	COUNTERTENOR
Stiffened fabric a couple of male animals required	BUCKRAM
Succeed ultimately, say, as painter and sculptor	DEGAS
Titled person needing oxygen in Greater London borough	BARONET
Torment omnivorous nocturnal mammal	BADGER
Yarn Liberal associated with major railway junction	CREWEL