The Times - Cryptic - June 14 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution s

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28316
Clues	Answers
Appear suddenly surprised by clues, for starters!	jump leads
Being very firm __ or cracking?	RESOLUTION
Bone set as rust forms	TARSUS
Boring maybe, with no goals	ENDLESS
Brief tremor keeping sextet alert?	qui vive
Ceases to accept deliveries incurring delays getting there?	STOPOVERS
Delivery coming down from Scottish town, that is leaving before work	AIRDROP
Dim, cold and ultimately dismal: best left unfinished	CANDLELIT
Director of football's getting promotion	RUSSELL
EU doles willy-nilly: treat for parasites!	DELOUSE
Flirt's game, drawing out Romeo	COQUET
Former champion to consider touring British compound	EXACERBATE
Hardly occupied with loot	a trifle
Hot air from teacher and officers meeting Heads?	SIROCCO
Informing people of killer dog?	RATTERS
Live on a B road outside English town	ABERDARE
Lively music, I agree, and singular __ we weren't bored in vain!	discovery wells
Lots of praise for smashing United goalie	EULOGIA
Not demanding extra requirement for film	easy rider
Quickly shifting the blame __ in vain	IDLY
Rank “two star”, being most pessimistic	at worst
Regularly visited retired bushman on island	OAHU
Saying what will be unusual if not urgent about measure	fortune-telling
State home a charity set up	INDIANA
Steroid used by escort is Olympian's	cortisol
Struggle to get words out of Frenchwoman in leading role	STAMMER
Talk over ways to speak ill of	DISCUSS
US singer's term coined for foul-mouthed radio presenter?	BLUEJAY