The Times - Cryptic - April 25 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28273
Clues	Answers
A goddess protecting river and lake near Naples	AVERNUS
Asian heretic inspiring a book	ARABIAN
Baddie's extremely useful vessel given position in Rome once	CONSULSHIP
Bishop presses son to become freeman of borough	BURGESS
Call during play originally mounted by French department	MISERE
Children's author's legendary king, free at last after pay-off	arthur ransome
Displaying solicitude, study team standard	CONSIDERATE
Eg kitchen utensils wife kept in safe	PEWTER
Element of Northern Ireland I instilled in old tramp	NIOBIUM
Equestrian pursuit in part of Yorkshire once	RIDING
Fast woman initially one of the flower people	WHIPPY
First of nurserymen supporting plant at the rear	ASTERN
Fury when leader of Republic is removed	IRE
Gardener's supplier visits island accommodating daughter	SEEDSMAN
Lamb a priest served as starter?	ELIA
Language left university visitor briefly embarrassed at first	PORTUGUESE
Like light mist unknown in market town on Wye	HAZY
Like some trees in course of being cultivated	CONIFEROUS
Motor sport competitor's sidekick lives in outskirts of Rabat	RALLYIST
Passable actor going round a one-time king's hiding-place	oak tree
Rebellious press employee in extreme situation	INSUBORDINATE
Row about appeal being set up	TIER
Singer reportedly used to engage in casual talk	WOODCHAT
Society leaving Waugh's country house without good fortification	BRIDGEHEAD
Time a girl put away salt	TANNATE
Travelling in Turin a lot, providing food and nourishment	NUTRITIONAL
Tropical plant better thus? Let me think	CAPSICUM
Water heater, nasty grey, seen around Home Counties	GEYSER
Way you and I knocked back olla podrida, say?	STEW
Writing-fluid half-hearted leftist has abandoned quietly	INK
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2120
Clues	Answers
Also accepted king must leave	TOO
At top speed, punctured tyre abroad	flat out
Badger-like creature later let loose	RATEL
Cause irritation, blowing top in joint	ANKLE
Crew missing last meal	TEA
English journalists inside like this coffee	ESPRESSO
Female companion in timeless novel's beginning?	CHAPERONE
Flourishing, the Duke of Milan and us	PROSPEROUS
Ghostly eastern lake	EERIE
Is concerned about son's pet	CARESS
Is following order about right latticework	TRELLIS
Large spruce	TIDY
Manipulated American editor	USED
Mouth organ?	TONGUE
Overpraising Cockney milliner in Scottish dance	FLATTERING
Pick up summary of events?	RESUME
Question disguise Mike dropped	ASK
Relative by a river, hazy	UNCLEAR
Resort bad? Summon one who looks into complaints	OMBUDSMAN
Savouries available in Greek island, for instance	SAMOSAS
See cod? I see flounders	DIOCESE
Small cupboard, shut tight, initially	CLOSET
Technician's beginning to study surface of tyre	TREAD
Token or note oilman tossed	NOMINAL
Type of house built by a French girl in East End district	BUNGALOW
Visually embarrassed about daughter	RED