The Times - Cryptic - April 11 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28261
Clues	Answers
Ache to join key troops in the near future	ERELONG
Advert judge viewed with hesitation	REFER
Bad taste he exhibited initially? Surely not!	AESTHETE
Country-lover's predicament at first, caught up in civil unrest	PATRIOT
County council's final advantage, supplying ballast	KENTLEDGE
Devise new version of control outlet	REINVENT
Eccentric French composer wrapping clear thin fabric	SATINETTE
Emotional disturbance produced by second white wine	SHOCK
Flaw restricting ring, Irishman set up telephone facility	VOICEMAIL
Further damage a length of metamorphic rock	MARMOREAL
Humped beast city attorney found in arid surroundings	DROMEDARY
Issue overshadowing sport scholarship	ERUDITION
It gives a false impression to one's pupils	optical illusion
It may stop habitual drunkard touring Tamworth, perhaps	SPIGOT
Knight leaves wading bird to get a drink	BITTER
Leading journalist going over regimental HQ	DEPOT
Off the alcohol, perhaps? Act as anchor in film	on the waterfront
One flies aircraft primarily by way of rocky peak	AVIATOR
Producer of fruit: pulpy drink mostly contains it	CITRUS
Rascal cutting top off sturdy walking shoe	ROGUE
Robots created by a university man at Aston originally	AUTOMATA
Solitary individual in outskirts of Leicester	LONER
Sparkle, giving low-down about border	GLISTEN
Speed reached by the Spanish in very old metropolis	VELOCITY
Stick with fellow unknown to go missing	WAND
Testimony of French accepted by English fellow	EVIDENCE
Turn up in Mongolian hut, finding dairy product	YOGURT
Unoccupied daughter replacing son in Skye, perhaps	IDLE
Way to spur fish	STURGEON
What Tom possibly recalled, short hirsute growth	TACHE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2110
Clues	Answers
“Guy in charge is entertaining island pair” I see what you're saying	lip-reader
Animal's name the panel worked out	ELEPHANT
Become entangled in some shrubbery	MESH
Change beer? About time! Right	ALTER
Cheerful, puts down in part of Scotland	HIGHLANDS
Choose page in Old Testament	OPT
CIA at court unusually, laying down the law?	AUTOCRATIC
Competitor making no changes to accommodate temperature and energy	CONTESTANT
Conservative not happy	BLUE
Describing distinctive cultural group of 100 __ cite changes allowing 50 in	CELTIC
Fertilizer container, for example, hot	POTASH
Initially having appeared, lax, vague even, share equally	HALVE
Lady's love for principal character	HERO
Party, extremely grandiose, for Venice magistrate	DOGE
Poem on river __ European one	ODER
Proper elm? Yes, surprisingly	SEEMLY
Put one's foot in it __ small gardening tool?	SHOE
Referring to country version of rugby __ endless criticism follows	RUSTIC
See about the Italian, overindulged	SPOILT
Shrub inapt? Dreadfully __ this might add colour	PAINTBRUSH
Supply a horse for riding	AMOUNT
Surprise a lot when weight is heavy at the outset	ASTONISH
Tutor always holding test	ORAL
Very small quantity of iron that's taken regularly	IOTA
Worker by sea with personal clothing	hand-me-down