The Times - Cryptic - October 24 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28429
Clues	Answers
A bit of a problem in one's ear	SOME
A soldier, one taking part in WW1 battle	MARINE
Boat half removed by hooligan __ it may have been chartered	BOROUGH
Chap packing weapon in trousers, say	GARMENT
Check covers a source of power	STEAM
Communication about university building and grounds in legal terms	MESSUAGE
Early spring: keep in seaside resort	MARGATE
Emergency transport's appearance, a free ride	AIRLIFT
Even in pencil, makes public sweet little items	ECLAIRS
Extremely busy girl struggling with a piece of music	MADRIGAL
Gay Swede worried, so unable to get a word in?	EDGEWAYS
Godlike experience at last provided in bedroom	DEIFORM
Ground's breadth unchanged	BASIS
Hoarder's never-ending distress	MISER
Ignoring service, doesn't respect note from employer	PAYSLIP
Josh succeeded joining available Chinese course	spare ribs
Keep asking family for carriage after midnight	PUMPKIN
Man of the world, wretch regularly visiting area of London	EARTHLING
Nest turned up full of rats? None of your business	never mind
Old American never embraced by woman, it's implied?	MAYAN
Philistine stripped and thrashed sceptic	NIHILIST
Quite a blow as aborted process throws one out	MISTRAL
Ride __ up the aisle, do we hear?	bridle path
Seek and find in dilapidated condition	run down
Selling no alcohol? Notice wood spirit	DRYAD
Sign is inconsistent? Not very	ARIES
Sign of submariner's return	OMEN
Sort of order British installed in restored caliphate	ALPHABETIC
To spread my wings, I had turned to write poetry	DIVERSIFY
Very keen intent to dump one pompous girl	MADAM
Well, peer almost fixed up credit	KUDOS
Where exhibits are of medium benefit? Not sure	MUSEUM
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2250
Clues	Answers
A religious group retaining initially positive view	ASPECT
Allowed chapter one to appear in literature	LICIT
American dye business in mid-West state	COLORADO
Book subsequently incorporating southern explosives expert	BLASTER
Child given a large sum	TOTAL
Comedian's associate got so upset before end of joke	STOOGE
Doctor working to reveal buttocks	MOON
Father holding large bird's leg bone	FEMUR
Genuine nobleman putting King first	REAL
Guard-dog's warning about everyone beginning to picket sports ground	ball park
Limits on value recently provided by source of oil? That's acceptable	very well
List chicken that's lost one egg?	ROSTER
Long sentence in biography	LIFE
Make fun of Middlesbrough's river, we hear	TEASE
Material didn't stand out	SATIN
Money gets sword in silvery metal material	TINFOIL
One down to get a bit of jewellery?	pearl diver
Penalty for attack around end of game	FORFEIT
Pole and rag worked to form garden feature	PERGOLA
Politician supporting unnamed writers in spooky tale	ghost story
Put out about boarding European aircraft	EJECT
Salesman with attitude has to get better	REPAIR
Support for bridge is in the morning __ it's an old thing	ARCHAISM
The French island certainly supplies relaxation	LEISURE
Tire __ part of a Buick?	EXHAUST
Unhappy member of university team	BLUE