The Times - Cryptic - April 7 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28258
Clues	Answers
A female in Indian garb supporting cricket side, observing game, perhaps?	On safari
Bully ties elastic around dropped brick?	TERRORISE
Check hole for coin once more	REINVENT
Cold heart, fanatical?	HARDCORE
Contend with opinion	VIEW
Contribute in nimble manner	SUPPLY
Cook prodding stuff with utensil, initially	SAUTE
Dickens character a smoker, evidently?	FAGIN
Elliptical character	ECCENTRIC
Engineer unavailable to fill ditch	BOFFIN
Head of government certainly not welcomed by African country, a bloomer	MAGNOLIA
Irish port God heard about	DROGHEDA
Land back on long branch	WING
Lead for canine, a very threatening thing jumping up __ watch out for that!	cave canem
Little swine's extreme racket	FARROW
Meat off, duck the issue	chicken out
Old poet a big hit in the States	HOMER
Old rail traveller leaves	ROCKET
Old woman's hot potato dish	MASH
One has left scent with a melodic expression	tra-la
Pass round combs in exchange	DISCOURSE
Pretentious, like an American's trousers?	fancy-pants
Priest getting rid of possessions?	EXORCIST
Prison in order it seems, after reflection	STIR
Soften mood	TEMPER
Splendid resolution	CRACKING
Top left aboard boat	PINNACLE
Trauma with schoolteacher mislaying note	STRESS
Waste lying in sad teeth __ who's needed?	dental hygienist
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2108
Clues	Answers
A brief point is relevant	APT
A little change in weather: wind	WREATHE
Accept responsibility of arranging funeral?	UNDERTAKE
Alien trapped in Alpine tunnel is a fool	SIMPLETON
Amazingly true: roses turned up!	RETROUSSE
Composer's hard day, struggling by noon	HAYDN
Express perhaps support for book	PAPERBACK
Father's taking motorway in vast plain	PAMPAS
For a Spaniard, the regular team	ELEVEN
In friendly spirit, claim bay for redevelopment	AMICABLY
Little amphibian featured in English newspaper	EFT
Mile added into a little circuit	AMBIT
Paint, a gallon a write-off	GLOSS
Part of treasure trove is consciously old-fashioned	RETRO
Prepares to pour tea? Is being ruined	goes to pot
Really out of energy, in this court exchange	RALLY
Second best and late, break off abruptly	stop dead
Spend a long time in corridor	PASSAGE
Starting to get light, after removing front shade	AWNING
Struggle to swallow protein: townsman spoken of for non-meat option	veggie-burger
Temporary accommodation at American college grounds	CAMPUS
Upset entering dark early class	KINDERGARTEN
Way in by means of long avenue	VISTA
Whatever happens, never mind the price	at any rate