The Times - Cryptic - May 10 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28286
Clues	Answers
Brussels politician carried in rescue boat rides here	theme park
Business area with people beginning to thrive. Heavens!	FIRMAMENT
Clown is already prepared for Henry VIII role	cardinal wolsey
Count airmen attracted to gravitational pull	GRAF
Dead end that is restricting motorway progress	IMPASSE
Dessert wine staff for example should return	BLANCMANGE
Doctor's Scotsman becoming first scientist	PHYSICIST
Endless trouble recalled about a style compared with rap	RAGGA
Flower thoughtless Hindu god sent up	AMARYLLIS
Good old surgeon showing sparkle	GLISTER
Group ends talks that have only started after a month	OCTET
Header missed in game after trial for Roman defence	TESTUDO
Husband in danger back in times past in old region	YORKSHIRE
In these skimpy knickers host shows no resistance	THONG
King leaving reinforcements in Lancashire town	BACUP
Length adding to value in clawed animal	RATEL
Makes sense with load put through stone when working	stands to reason
Man's mistake: arithmetic presumably dropped by learner	ERROL
Nobel prize-winner here begins novel	HEISENBERG
One bounding area between two American cities	NYALA
Perhaps 750 grammes some amount where hops dry	KILN
Present doctrine reworked to impress university	INTRODUCE
Really full wolves maybe to have misgivings we hear	packed out
Regular payment: some should cover night in Paris	ANNUITY
Simple man’s abandoned without pity	ARTLESS
Smile after tea shows anything but delight	CHAGRIN
Start to tour the States taking in large city	TULSA
Thrills lover no longer mentions	EXCITES
Vocalist missing intro holds note in number	INTEGER
We slither having to wriggle past	ERSTWHILE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2131
Clues	Answers
Abroad, target a series of boat races	REGATTA
Bowled at cricketer	BAT
Caught French friend alone getting undergarment	CAMISOLE
Confined by fixed rota, cultivate food in Mexico	TORTILLA
Dessert for one adding up bill?	summer pudding
Female teacher with favourite raised error	MISSTEP
Jewellery put away by Alec recklessly	NECKLACE
Manage Charlie and posh bird	cut it
Meal in which diners help themselves to batter	BUFFET
Minion having round with boxer maybe	LAPDOG
Novel chap's speciality power boat	mansfield park
Pair in York perhaps binge	SPREE
Promotion that is getting universal cheers	ADIEU
Remote, minute place where animals are bred	FARM
Rod on newspaper that supports a communication network	telegraph pole
Roman Emperor seizes drinking venue, hearing disorder	TINNITUS
Satellite television finally on low	MOON
Test area in former pit	EXAMINE
Tree in travel magazine	ELM
Uncivilised person acquired heroin	GOTH
Very stupid to accommodate university element	SODIUM
Vibration from rocky peak restricting sleep	TREMOR
What's put by toilet door, heading off into lounge	loo roll
When halved, list Ray's old foreign currency	LIRA
Working until dark	UNLIT