The Times - Cryptic - April 18 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28267
Clues	Answers
Alternating crops needs overtime in allotment	ROTATION
Archipelago's name appearing in old clothing	TONGA
Awkward moment in case of surgery	STICKY
Capital's industrial action out of bounds	OSLO
Cats perhaps calm us in distress, one’s gathered	MUSICAL
Coward's work that may make your eyes water	hay fever
Dash back to eat at European business venue	trading estate
Dietary requisite from celebrity chef, half-cut	STARCH
English officer in China first tipped many races there	melting pot
Flag raised after millions desert	MERIT
Gold Middle East strip inspires new fabric	ORGANZA
He's treading uneasily, unable to see clearly	near-sighted
Huge blunder if one's in court, having been set up	TERRIFIC
Is Israel taken in by RC saint's converter?	MISSIONARY
Like simple life in college, until having to be evacuated into vault	UNICELLULAR
Massive winger covers a short distance	MAMMOTH
Maybe keener cabby managed to go round rarely empty	CRYBABY
Mickey for one scoffs second sweet	MOUSSE
Not many? What a relief, I'd say	FEW
Old poet turning over note respecting union	MARITAL
Overcome pressure, cutting cost	OUTPLAY
Plant one between lines at rear of nursery	LILY
PM once introducing article for nothing __ or very little	PITTANCE
Poor rowers head off, clinging to frame	skin-tight
Prague colleague reported decisive position on board	CHECKMATE
Rubbish not even collected by cast	SHODDY
Sort of art in leading couple abandoning TU principles, on paper	EXPRESSIONISM
Starts to grin, upsetting young kid	GUY
Track what's wrong in earnings	PATHWAY
What sporty type in Cairngorms uses if kilt's torn?	ski lift
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2115
Clues	Answers
A bit for each person	APIECE
Asian female in a West African country, the last to leave	AFGHAN
Broaches bringing in a selection of snacks	TAPAS
Drive one mile, exercise taken by learner	IMPEL
For example, commercial oath once	EGAD
German boy trying to lose weight?	DIETER
Henry, aghast, changing label on social media	HASHTAG
Here in Paris no good? Topping!	ICING
Injured pair use lift	raise up
Labour with energy in thin cotton	TOILE
Long distance in which vehicle reversed, a marvel	MIRACLE
Not making much of a quiet bicycle ride?	soft-pedalling
One setting the tempo in space race	PACER
Part of the body to be twisted around?	little finger
Remarkably, gangster cried, sent this with good wishes?	greetings card
Simple problem with pressure in reservoir	SUMP
Small window 75 per cent dark?	QUARTERLIGHT
Some honest salesmen offering comfortable homes	NESTS
Stunned European given the sack	POLEAXED
Thick slice of bread trodden on as you come in?	DOORSTEP
Tragic girl chosen to join Royal Academy	ELECTRA
Unimpeded as I must move plant	FREESIA
Unique individual no longer available	one-off
Why writer of melody is paid a huge amount?	FORTUNE