The Times - Cryptic - July 8 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28337
Clues	Answers
Acid set off endless spasm	CAUSTIC
Better in the fresh air, or hiding	OUTDO
Call end to lottery and fail in entry method for pools?	belly flop
Celebration with drink for fabulously animated figure	GALATEA
Certain of success out tippling? Au contraire!	home and dry
Contemptuous comment declines another card game for bridge players	POOHSTICKS
Cream sample of fabric covers measuring device	STOPWATCH
Fold paper cut by rogue cop with energy	SHEEPCOTE
Great example of Times news	BYWORD
In turnover, hot and lush rhubarb	TOSH
Louvre, German agreed, more insect-infested? Not quite	JALOUSIE
Make detached house in middle of county fine	UNHOOK
Many a red deer has fled trembling inside	hard left
Maybe lower emission from flame than exhaust	METHANE
Monster blunder from the defence troops	OGRE
Not dating posh girl English idiot embraces	AGELESS
Old couple back for treatment, on the wagon	TWAIN
Opera company repeated Ring movement	me too
Parent with ace coats providing raised hoods	MAFIA
Pizzazz from legislator wearing nothing? Golly!	OOMPH
Report of toughness in variety of rock	METAL
Single young man admits not eating bread pronto	a fast buck
Special signal, something my old man may use in battle?	PASSWORD
State one's arguments against invading land	WISCONSIN
Storer of cookies knowing to eat 500	ADWARE
Suggest convict holds appeal up	INTIMATE
Tin item on chest supported by ship	BRASS
Tommy's edging round enchanting lady in a fearful state?	TWITCHY
Undoing Nadine's jacket I dipped in pickle	NEMESIS
Unsophisticated sort of tyranny on line	YOKEL
What one may do to rocket in take-off	send-up
Workforce, following decline, means to raise standards	FLAGSTAFF
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2174
Clues	Answers
… Criminal came in for the pictures	CINEMA
A “B road” bearing us westwards is ludicrous	ABSURD
Almost collapse before argument in shrill voice	FALSETTO
Bookworm, say, taking in page in study	INSPECT
Charges brought by a new spouse?	STEPCHILDREN
Dubiously sell art connected to top celebrities …	STELLAR
Exams, incorporating problem and answer, bearing fruit	SATSUMAS
Francis the artist snagged bananas for breakfast?	bacon and eggs
French playwright needing more to pen story	MOLIERE
Garden bird nibbled morsel	TITBIT
I have contracts after hours in busy workplace	HIVE
Incident involving woman from Old Testament and New Testament	EVENT
Manage company with power and energy	COPE
Petals represented in crayon	PASTEL
Ponder gearwheel __ it corroded	COGITATE
Service provider that comes with strings attached?	tennis racket
Simple map including India	PLAIN
Small boat making for island	SARK
Some icebergs around water bird	GREBE
Star losing head: “get knotted!”	ENTANGLE
State within Afghan area	GHANA
The setter goes before second reminder	MEMO
Train’s erratic temperature in carriage	TRANSIT
Unusual focaccia pie initially needs a lot of water	Pacific Ocean