The Times - Cryptic - April 6 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28257
Clues	Answers
Admit NHS is struggling and inconsistent	hit-and-miss
Argue over number in diplomatic body	CONTEND
Blind prophet wearies one, equally	TIRESIAS
Chap with stories for some other time	MANANA
Coach under way past square	four-in-hand
Given no option about a meal in the police canteen?	force-fed
Golden pepper shortly providing yellow pigment	ORPIMENT
Help with harvest? Not all Irish do slapdash work	cut corners
In retreat, keep following banned subject for trade	ivory tower
Lincoln's state banker failing: only a shilling in it	NEBRASKA
Line added to US soldier's very short book	JOEL
Look curiously around storage unit at residence, one for clergy	PRESBYTERY
One short of a score regularly unfit, even after practice	NINETEEN
Poet's endless stream	BURN
Private Society avoided admitting Conservative	SECLUDED
Proud to put out and leave course	drop out
Quickly wash baby and prepare vegetables	top and tail
Regular signal to stop reversing through airport	ORDERLY
Supports for "floater" and "stinger|" showing unexpected weakness	feet of clay
Take in too much conversation, perhaps, as eavesdropper may	OVERHEAR
The reason that keeps one writing fantasy	WHIMSY
Trimming on robe I claim uncertainly?	ERMINE
Two members of family, one failing to finish crossword? Nonsense	mumbo jumbo
Unusual, having day off to see dam	WEIR
Way I must feed small dog	WESTIE
Witch wearing make up perhaps important element of diet	ROUGHAGE
Would be important person with his writers	NIBS
Zone round edge of Mestre available as refuge from Venice	BELMONT
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2107
Clues	Answers
Climber in vivid red, athletic person	scarlet runner
Climbing aid's special point	PITON
Composure shown by doctor after a quiet look	APLOMB
Crowd, largely out of order, in area set aside for reporters	press gallery
Diagram may show daily temperature	CHART
Draw large aquatic mammal close to quay	LOTTERY
Famous clown having a hot drink	COCOA
Fish and fruit only	lemon sole
Fish from foreign parts	SPRAT
Heraldic beast with very strange name	WYVERN
Hurricane lamp in stern, normal tradition, originally, at sea	storm lantern
Meet knight in English bar	ENCOUNTER
Mischievous child occupying him perpetually	IMP
Mother's working for fraternal society member	MASON
Note about hospital department, as a reminder	MEMENTO
Nothing inside about eggs	ROE
Nut from Cape, extraordinary one at heart	PECAN
One from Peru, perhaps Lima, in a trance, dancing	latin american
Passionate crew flanked by banks of Spey	STEAMY
Rug friend shortened	MAT
Sister in on understanding	NUN
Stubborn old boy, say, outside home	OBSTINATE
Unconventional opener for Essex County Cricket Club bagging ten bizarre runs against India	ECCENTRIC
Walk casually in street __ go round and round	STROLL