The Times - Cryptic - March 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28249
Clues	Answers
A contemptible person on a hill who appeals to the mob?	AGITATOR
A good deal is what saleroom may be offering	LOTS
A pal and I can do wicked rum concoction	pina colada
Agent wants old books put in different container	REPOT
Artist and old boys, having arrived with dog outside a room with a view	camera obscura
Attractively lively hotel in Scottish location	PERTH
Church without particular members is lacking in appeal	CHARMLESS
Devil called out with a jokey appellation	NICKNAMED
Drunkards given urgent message? About time!	SOTS
Excited Pole accepting employment	ROUSED
Explosive is prime requirement for the robbery	HEIST
Faced with depression, go in storeroom	PANTRY
Friend with elevated manner and inclination to be unspiritual type?	MATERIALIST
Gift for groom having party __ and grimacing?	DOWRY
Growth of old academic institution, beginning again	POLYP
Helped financially, supplied with pounds and always getting on	LEVERAGED
I'd get over a drunk being insulting	derogative
Liquid discharged in switch-over period	WATERSHED
Male and others getting disease? Science is the answer	METALLURGY
Most expected amount paid should cover maiden with cash falling short	COMMONEST
No longer having power, the French people __ reason?	EXPLANATION
Noble lady is seen in tent mostly	MARQUISE
Not entirely green, a capital city	LIMA
Online pest ran slurs, being hostile to people	ANTIPERSONNEL
Playwright's expression of annoyance, not quiet	SHAW
Property providing something for boozers inside __ others had food outside	Real estate
Record-keeper about to get essential stuff, unusual mostly	REGISTRAR
Red or green?	RAW
Want to have bottom wiped __ something sticky!	LAC
Where to find some Peruvian desperadoes?	ANDES
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2100
Clues	Answers
Blade protected by cardboard	OAR
Club, say, coming under pressure	PUTTER
Coldness in church, not healthy	CHILL
Correct your setter in conclusion	EMEND
Flight she had led topless and slightly drunk	light-headed
Headless type of beer turned up, designed for older tastes?	RETRO
I ranted about item given in part-payment	trade-in
Initial resistance got round by a bunch of fives	FIRST
Keep man on board	CASTLE
Loads of things, primarily	LOT
Looking a long way back in case locals are upset	NEOCLASSICAL
Minister's early life round queen	PASTOR
No longer with us, former partner can court	EXTINCT
Not so many on express without nationality	STATELESS
Office for National Statistics breaking big survey agreement	CONSENSUS
Perhaps JFK left after broadcast	AIRPORT
Put on Hamlet, initially with one of those moving scenes?	STAGEHAND
Return cook's instructions about flipping pancake right	RECIPROCATE
Rich person giving away capital? That's not on	OFF
Showing initiative to embark on parking revolution	ENTERPRISING
Son with father in resort	SPA
Tons running activity to track virus contacts	TRACING
What lovers share left in company, stirring senses	CLOSENESS
Who might paint rocky strait	ARTIST