The Times - Cryptic - July 15 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28343
Clues	Answers
Alcohol in plenty about to be drunk up	STEROL
Arab spirits a western distillation, we're told	DJINN
Base of allotment isn't soil	TAINT
Equipment enabling troops to set off safely?	mine detector
European twice collared by West End vagrant calmed down	SWEETENED
Exploit course in rock formation	ANTICLINE
Familiar cries, a result of sharp batting in nets?	CATCHPHRASES
Favouring denouement in which Morse loses case	ENDORSING
Film actor wanting lead in Psycho	LAYER
Islander promoting firearms ban is touring area	ANTIGUAN
Lawyer in haste docked before sailor tried	had a stab
Mite or small bloodsucking fly	SMIDGE
Murderous criminal: 'I'm a child with nothing to hide'	HOMICIDAL
One over-publicising quote for web-based facility	HYPERTEXT
Other folk provide meals for him	CANNIBAL
Particle put forward and not rebounding	POSITRON
Perfunctorily execute rogue	SCAMP
Press finally employ literary device	IRONY
Read column providing special delivery service	registered post
Region's leader among peacemakers moving crowds	DROVES
Relaxed, like journalist after magazine's closure	EASED
Spa whence wealthy queen came, king's wife	BATHSHEBA
Stand in use finally, after furious dispute	DEPUTISE
Surely not turning back on fortune?	no chance
Tetchy bridegroom somewhat cross	HYBRID
Unorthodox spinner's run in different sport parodied	trap-door spider
What's spoken of as model station in subcontinent	CASTE
Workers officially organised races, one for all on staff	TUTTI
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2179
Clues	Answers
Bishop given honour has this crowd turning up	MOB
Boss of half the college's learners?	STUD
Crew with heaviness, not weak	EIGHT
Criticise innocent person, a saint	LAMBAST
Drills black minerals	BORES
Extremely desultory men falling apart	TREMENDOUSLY
Fast river receding __ see crossing	SPEEDY
Father, gentleman going round capital city	PARIS
Feature of Dartmoor __ rubbish thrown around	TOR
Model again needing break, see, when upset	RESTYLE
Modified statistical figure assessed	MODERATED
Noise of dog cut short in saloon?	BAR
Northern girl and boy from a state in America	NEVADAN
Number given to worker who lives in another's house?	TENANT
Part of sentence pupils learn about in English at school?	SUBJECT
People finding fault with agent __ a football team?	REPROVERS
Quick move by directors __ this target will be hit	DARTBOARD
Restraint lifted __ good for entering that country	NIGER
Short day for getting married	WED
Some marvellous entertainment making one ecstatic	SENT
Stone and tree over den, one hidden	ASHLAR
Terrible danger descending on a country	GRENADA
The French fever in a group of clubs	LEAGUE
Two dears getting sozzled imbibing a drink	soda water
Two figures working together in IT	binary system
Various folk plunging into the depths with energy	DIVERSE