The Times - Cryptic - February 17 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28216
Clues	Answers
A French channel not to be relied on	UNSOUND
Abbreviated, like everything in manual?	DIGITAL
Agents journalist backed bother reckless criminal	DESPERADO
Castigated what assessor did	RATED
Chaucer's steward by any chance keeping end of tale back?	REEVE
Devious racketeer harms pollster's task	market research
Extremely specious white lies not unusual when one's questioned?	hostile witness
Flier taken over Eastern mountain	GREBE
Gets passionate approaching time for Scots celebration	burns night
Gordon finally used up water for his veg	NEEP
Old queen calming undisciplined bombast	MAGNILOQUENCE
One flying flag initially defies all warnings	JACKDAW
Particularly sound judgment, English admitted, not essential	EXTRANEOUS
Peculiarity that couples never have?	ODDNESS
Police raid not working	BUST
Scams involving drink for game?	squash rackets
Self-seeking crank first caught leaving for game	EGOCENTRIC
Small bird, for instance, climbing twig	get it
Start-of-year return for corrupt concierge	JANITOR
Steamy sections of highway crossing America to the west	SENSUAL
Support mounting within local association for gym equipment	indian club
Those opposed to sacking current social workers	ANTS
Tweaks to improve grand airs	fine-tunes
Uniform adopted by active forces to divert one's attention	REFOCUS
Vatican-related Bond film with new line inserted	CONCORDAT
Veggie food content of uneaten sandwiches	TOFU
Virgil's last poems about ancient city where healing sought	LOURDES
Withdrawn copper distressed in heart of Nevada	EVACUATED
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2073
Clues	Answers
A capital city, really African: just the tops?	ACCRA
A nurse of spirit?	ANGEL
Cold, and how, the German soup!	CHOWDER
Concerned with sight, squint finally through old film	OPTIC
Crowd of reporters?	PRESS
Decrepit canon takes a tumble, being this?	accident-prone
Extra-singular customs	MORES
Feature a dinner service	CHINA
From returning US soldiers, mother getting foreign letter	SIGMA
Half a woolly ball for little dog	POM
Happy with jewel secure in case	gladstone bag
Having got in, this spinner could get you out straightaway	revolving door
Idea showing consideration	THOUGHT
Mangy poodle's internal pain	GYP
Opening cocktail mixer, one becomes more unsteady	SHAKIER
Place of retreat three magi rebuilt	HERMITAGE
Scowl from one looking healthy	GLOWER
Start to fill clothes-horse, weather so improved?	FAIRER
Stricken by illness, I'd allow for new treatment	laid low
The bar is back: have a great time	REVEL
Tool for workmen making bridge	SPANNER
Trespassers assert charge to be out of order	GATECRASHERS
Turning to place flags, make a speech and disappear	EVAPORATE
Very fond of a party, call	ADORING