The Times - Cryptic - April 28 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28276
Clues	Answers
Aquatic mammal showing excessive energy beside river	OTTER
Being unappreciative about holiday illumination	strip lighting
Brutally treated after backsliding, a politician offering insults	DEROGATORY
Conference item to be delivered with speed? This should fix your notes	paper-clip
Constant area for one to circulate in prison	CAGE
Cosmetic comments that are impertinent don’t go away	LIPSTICK
Depression, after initially fading, is difficult	ROUGH
Distinguished fellow initially obtained two degrees? Not seen around university	odd man out
Drunk comes round not quite roaring early in the evening	TWILIGHT
India invested in factory working to get quantity of money?	MILLION
International in time becomes choice	DAINTY
Job assessment? Shock to receive extra pay cut	APPRAISAL
Keen political faction suppressing misfortune	WILLING
Might at last trap someone in red?	POWER
Most of confirmation about volume is stipulation	PROVISO
Mostly very good about limitations of the accommodation	HOTEL
Observer overlooked what another type of paper would catch?	a fly on the wall
Oversight from treating things as a lark for example?	birds-eye view
Passage was published, second one to appear in Times?	TRANSIT
Pretend to agree with expression of doubt, filling time	HUMOUR
Project a gentle touch within religious group	CATAPULT
Stop using campaign item about Republican rumour	CANARD
Street right through area of land __ unknown quantity __ it may never be restored	lost property
The clan is excited about daughter of the northern isles	shetlandic
Unfunded, missing new part of comedy show	SKIT
Upright piano in part of India misplaced	GOALPOST
Watch report of herb superior to rest?	TIMEPIECE
Work in malicious gossip, reversing support for paparazzo?	TRIPOD
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2123
Clues	Answers
A little secret initially significant	SMATTERING
Article working soon	ANON
Biscuit: a cookie originally in dark colour	MACAROON
Choose possession of miner, say	PICK
Colour spectrum beyond ordinary, originally	ORANGE
Earth pulverised	GROUND
Fight in civil war brutal, looking back	BRAWL
Finally problem gone, fixed	MENDED
Fly down, daring	BLUEBOTTLE
Giant bronze encapsulating sex appeal	TITAN
Girl getting criticism, controller of game	JOYSTICK
Heroes one defrauds	ICONS
Hit, glad he receives treatment for shiner	HEADLIGHT
Ideal pan out for cooking, one covered	UTOPIAN
In a book, end of paragraph penned	at home
Nick has restriction lifted	NAB
Nicked, sweep finally going over discombobulated fielder	PILFERED
Particular art nice, surprisingly	CERTAIN
Pie begins with edges trimmed	TART
Pristine sweet	MINT
Repair plot of land	PATCH
Response to Racine mixed	REACTION
Something often repeated quietly __ a hidden danger?	MANTRAP
Teacher heads off spluttering, in rage	SIR
Total doubly inaccurate?	out-and-out
Warm colour with similar qualities	KINDRED