The Times - Cryptic - September 5 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2215
Clues	Answers
A Scotsman assuming the name of a place in Greece	ATHENIAN
Admiral regularly turned up to offer assistance	AID
Compile a crossword collection	SET
Crew ultimately provides muscle	SQUAD
Empty garage next to little house	GEMINI
Female effortlessly acquires billions, probably	FEASIBLY
Final, net value adjusted	EVENTUAL
Fooling around and also hyper, possibly	HORSEPLAY
Guy supervising entrance held up a form of ID	name tag
Hired gun travelling round British capital	EDINBURGH
I try embodying a Shakespearean character	IAGO
Inheritance gift of frilly clothing for example	LEGACY
Perfume from a city in Italy	AROMA
Person arranged extremely sensible answer	RESPONSE
Poet excluded in conversation	BARD
Rather a few, eh?	SOMEWHAT
Rhinos moving east away from water?	INSHORE
Singer’s first substandard track	SPOOR
Sink filled with large fish	FLOUNDER
Slow, scruffy members of parliament?	OWLS
Small, pale-coloured bird	SWAN
State benefit is thoroughly reasonable, we’re told	WELFARE
Student group starts to improve and creates great work	CLASSIC
Sumptuous portion of yakitori chicken	RICH
Time after time, love is a source of inspiration	ERATO
Uncultivated land with space for retreat	MOOR
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28387
Clues	Answers
A source of unwellness in northern ocean?	NAUSEA
Advice to buyer: try timeless ring owned by speleologist	caveat emptor
Arabian film star engages university in dispute	ARGUABLE
Club next to apartment that’s used to press	FLATIRON
Cold fish behave like limpets	CLING
Dance round under branch	LIMBO
Diver with navy enlists Europeans supplying sharkskin	SHAGREEN
Go round twisty ridge, making descent	PEDIGREE
Grand boy, taking violin out of case, blossoms	GLADIOLI
Guard for pupil that's batted sometimes	EYELID
Holy city with current version of Chinese script	PINYIN
Home Office head stops just over a hundred masses	hoi polloi
Insensitive state drivers commandeering a single convertible	ANALGESIA
Is it always plain sailing for him?	ordinary seaman
Like buccaneer briefly left below island hoping to make it	ASPIRATIONAL
Lower front of sister's hood	SCOWL
Minister's aide tormented a co-ed head	DEACONESS
Old queen in charge of resistance unit	OHMIC
One piece of writing in career is unconvincing	FLIMSY
Police arrest leading lad shooting darts	CUPID
Put differently, traveller has English about right	REPHRASE
Raphael's first avoids glazing detail, creating illusion	vanishing point
Slate lawyer, bamboo fancier	PANDA
Stocky type to finish concert up in old hotel	ENDOMORPH
Stooping to secure second creative work	DESIGNING
Victor replaced by Number 10 in patent offensive	OBNOXIOUS
Whitish yellow plant that climbs walls	IVORY
Yankee cabs ignoring sort of junction feature in chart	y-axis