The Times - Cryptic - May 4 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28281
Clues	Answers
A marathon in one direction	ALONG
Always at the front, mogul, as kind of big fish	MAKO
Being good, a lapse arising in class initially ignored	ORGANISM
Breakfast perhaps for one in bed?	KIPPER
Catch, having run into touch	CONTRACT
Cross-country’s such sport: better when it ends in gold!	OUTDOOR
Desire to move baton, result being different	WANDERLUST
Distance achieved by missile, front of boat's on fire?	BOWSHOT
Doctor and I outside a house __ in some state?	IDAHOAN
Drink something salty, briefly	TEA
Escaped gorilla in old capital	RANGOON
Fish or game?	SARDINES
Group touring Asian city sent the wrong way __ that's painfully irritating	tear gas
Head examiner a learner probes whichever way	ANALYST
Is a tropical cod fishy?	PISCATORIAL
Island created by Gershwin	MADEIRA
Meadow where bit of foliage cut	LEA
New business premises ultimately ruined is uninsured: trial ensuing	sunrise industry
Offer made in local Post Office in Russian too: why translated?	whats your poison
Old patriot remains in faction, not turning	WASHINGTON
Out of sorts, hit catching back of knee: hit back!	below par
Sound as a bell, old dog	DINGO
Spinning recalled in folk tale	CINDERELLA
Spy after spy circling rear of White House	PLANTAGENET
Summon bellhop	PAGE
Taste of umami: soup flavouring in Japan	MISO
Too much carried the wrong way	de trop
Up in arms, though one leg down?	hopping mad
Work set in conflict	OPPOSED
Worshipped object: might fraudster claim that?	ICON
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2127
Clues	Answers
Arrived, returning a sick plant	CAMELLIA
Cheap US whiskey, rye containing English notes	REDEYE
Demote English envoy after resistance	RELEGATE
Direct concert with Preludio Tragico to begin with	PROMPT
Fast-talking major holding line up	GLIB
First appearance of queen in touring empire	PREMIERE
First man in space __ right in going? Crazy	GAGA
Follow orders, getting medal with end of hostility	OBEY
Football team drawn after the Spanish	ELEVEN
Forgotten heart of Tory minister	PASTOR
Girl beheaded Danish king Filbert	HAZELNUT
Got sole trading rights to wheat before the beginning of December	CORNERED
Hard teen upset follower	ADHERENT
Mostly get on well around popular medical centre	CLINIC
Number over eight, initially	ONE
Review text concerning colour round first letter	REREAD
Ruined ice store is little-known	ESOTERIC
Sent back a little information	DATA
Small and humble dwelling, something that might be taken for digs?	SHOVEL
Suitable anger with father returning for sherry before meal?	APERITIF
The hearts of free Yemen, urged to rise again	re-emerge
Wait on a table, taking each new dish __ entrées only	ATTEND
What determines inheritance __ information and end of probate	GENE
What might stretch boot? Here toes will need flexing	SHOETREE
Wind instrument made from old bone, not new	OBOE