The Times - Cryptic - February 24 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28222
Clues	Answers
Abrasive former student one's interrupted	ALUMINA
As one might be, having confused note with four others?	tone deaf
Being old man, large ruffian should contain reduced crowd	FATHERHOOD
Bothering to swallow what's in best wine	RIESLING
Building old and as you see unfinished	OASTHOUSE
Cheeses spoken of for picnic	BREEZE
Class in gym excited, enthralled by outstanding teacher	PEDAGOGUE
Comes in, displacing monarch, to find wooden characters	ENTS
Cry out in sorrow when displacing back joint	KNEE
Fabulous group fashionably late appearing in ancient city	the beatles
Hussy's unclothed with detective after day in Riviera location	monte carlo
I'd turned medieval guitar's tone down	DILUTE
Impact one expects to have?	BUMP
Mystical system Henry introduced to eccentric Soho type	THEOSOPHY
Not feeling pressure in extremely close finish	dead heat
Period said to be this writer's speciality __ nothing in that	MIOCENE
Reader worried by Burke or Hare finally choosing body	ELECTORATE
Resort to accommodate student starting in some further education?	refresher course
Response when Conservative rises in the world	CREATION
Shabby Shakespearean fairy employed by school broadcast	moth-eaten
Small cake presented with good sweetener	BUNG
Snake applying pressure to indigenous North Americans	CREEP
Strangler's device police informer carries round	NOOSE
Unstructured mass survey needs sending back to party	DOLLOP
Where democracy initially denied, draws lots	OODLES
With two parties involved, bare it all when dancing	BILATERAL
Woman to take home incredibly neat clothes	NANETTE
Youth alive to climate crisis crossing northern country	GREENLAND
Zero put on tax? One at work gives sustained applause	OVATION
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2078
Clues	Answers
A leader upset about western state	DELAWARE
A little superhero me, original Casanova	ROMEO
A nut winning	AHEAD
Agonising treatment in unsympathetic country	cold turkey
Awfully bad line, message ultimately unsubstantiated	DENIABLE
Blokes, great nuisance	MENACE
Cheerful message received: it's a flag	jolly roger
Dull outside broadcast	TEDIOUS
Extraordinary numeral changed after subtraction of thousand	UNREAL
Falsehood largely inaccurate, erroneous, first of all	LIE
Food, say, ending in dressing	EGG
Fried food more reckless?	RASHER
In truth, one's totally trustworthy	HONEST
Newspaper crime	THEFT
Night before always short	EVE
Nut on beam in engine part	CRANKSHAFT
One very upset about commercial describing food prepared beforehand	oven-ready
Remarkably regal composer	ELGAR
Reportedly, team sounded exasperated	SIGHED
Scent country has shackled newspaper	FRAGRANCE
Soak in spirit and ignite meat in empty furnace	FLAMBE
Tease child	KID
Under contract finally, see pretty amazing old print worker	TYPESETTER
Voter, English speaker	ELECTOR