The Times - Cryptic - July 11 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28339
Clues	Answers
Afterthought about a source of spring water	SPA
Ambassador having friendly relations with European poet	HEINE
Before mounting musical, director finally ran over story	NARRATIVE
Cardinal’s assistant, initially receiving a rise	PARAMOUNT
Court housing able-bodied in Swiss Cottage?	CHALET
Defeated, running 20 for a specific nobleman	out for the count
Eg wide passage out, not one taken by painter	EXTRA
Finally seeing publicity, obtain gizmo	GADGET
Flyer’s attempt at test taking hours	goat moth
Forgetfulness of men travelling in continent	AMNESIA
Foul smell left by small fish	TENCH
Hardline barrister initially involved in interminable case	UNBENDING
Head removed from bygone sea creature	ORMER
Keen on adopting Rachmaninoff’s first prelude	INTRO
Lucky creature, not large, caressing Henry’s cheek	BACKCHAT
Make a mistake with task involving travel	ERRAND
Man entertaining yen to crush King Edward’s army commander	KITCHENER
Miserly type drunk on whisky and Drambuie, principally	TIGHTWAD
Newlywed crosses stream, finding place to eat	GRILLROOM
Open-and-shut, according to the circumstances?	as the case may be
Opera with spoken dialogue, one mostly including a lot of agents	SINGSPIEL
Outstandingly fine method of punishment!	SPANKING
Petulant woman feeding wandering sheep	PEEVISH
Photo turned up on the woman’s secret writing	CIPHER
Recent deal sadly restricting fine sewing and embroidery	NEEDLECRAFT
Right setting for English first-year students providing elevenses, perhaps?	REFRESHMENT
Root retired man associated with mother’s ruin	GINGER
Scraggy girl’s first obsession	THING
Study party rules to begin with, being a high-flyer	CONDOR
Wagnerian heroine in the Valkyries? Yes and no	EVA
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2175
Clues	Answers
A batch of loaves? That’s odd, maybe unlucky	THIRTEEN
Almost deprived of snooze in Italian city	NAPLES
An alternative name, not as Caliph	ALI
An inner sleeve, we hear, getting straight	ALIGNING
Augustus the Architect has dog at home	PUGIN
Checked fit (of clothes) and changed into red	tried on
Children’s author had to come up with line	DAHL
Copy needs taking out for checking age	carbon dating
Fellow gets on and copes	MANAGES
Good: a delicate form of illumination	GASLIGHT
Hunted animals: one may be on board	GAME
Israel’s judge sounds a dizzy one	GIDEON
Junk guides picked up	SPAM
Just nothing left in New York	ONLY
Mixing paint, slipshod in cleaning of equipment	spit and polish
More inquisitive about one not so quiet	NOISIER
Official permission to write verse? That stretches the truth	poetic licence
Principal Rhine city, not unknown	MAIN
Sent girl out for hair styling	RINGLETS
Show displeasure with short volume	BOO
Slob finally agreed extra runs	BYES
Start in America to gain energy	get-go
Tax scheme subsidising Christmas presents?	gift aid
What’s at beginning of book is often spicier, somehow	FRONTISPIECE