The Times - Cryptic - October 25 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28430
Clues	Answers
A little pasta or jam?	NOODLE
Accused of sort of language used by young delinquent	INDICTED
Acquire gold carriage	LANDAU
Boring old computer types entertaining person with drinks	CARDPUNCHES
Boss, supposedly dead cross after returning to nick	DOORNAIL
Bread with some butter relations brought up after tea	CHAPATTI
Description of logs from elderly lady crossing a jetty?	napieran
Hammer thrower exercises in village	THORPE
Hate getting tips from arithmetician: one's useless!	ANIMUS
Into the bargain basement go who, last of all?	TOO
Maybe watching international display	ATTEST
Observed what tipping bidet only can reveal	NOTED
One's left with three kisses on his birthday?	OCTOGENARIAN
Oscar presumably off to interrupt my dull routine	MONOTONY
Parade indeed preceded by band	SASHAY
Perhaps slum area of Belgian city finally turns to one for food	SPAGHETTI
Picture __ of island __ artist however inserted alongside identical one	marathon man
Pressing on gamely at first with complaint in minutes	MILLING
Quickly turn back, mainly to find one left on shelf?	SPINSTER
Senator faked the bearing of a poet	nor-east
Something repeated, or fallen into, endlessly?	MANTRA
Team heading for Wembley maybe FA are inclined to keep at home	FINALIST
These tea breaks for one who appreciates work!	AESTHETE
They believe nothing in this is real ultimately, somehow	NIHILISTS
Title of Munch Moon painting initially without his name, strangely	CHAMPIONSHIP
What a Greek can write was worrying on reflection	ETA
What's operated by driver sitting	CLUTCH
Young king's one for the people of Africa	TUTSI
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2251
Clues	Answers
Aquatic bird extremely eager to catch fish	EIDER
Beetle or spaniel eating husks, mostly	COCKCHAFER
Coming out East, meeting and joining	EMERGING
Company doctor introducing old jazz group	COMBO
Confront fine fighter pilot	FACE
Deprived chap briefly kept by Napoleonic marshal	NEEDY
Dog eating primarily minced meat	LAMB
Duck found in a road bordering shopping precinct	MALLARD
Evil spirit in marshland upset the old	BOGEY
Future groom working in café	FIANCE
Game created by guerrilla leader's son	CHESS
Girl originally from Hebridean island	FIONA
Keenness more difficult for a Cockney, do we hear?	ARDOUR
Luxury food produced by male relative in a vast continent	AMBROSIA
Male creature crossing railway, an African antelope	ORYX
Merry-go-round a man observed across river	CAROUSEL
Metal grill making a rasping sound	GRATING
Persuade helmsman to skirt area	COAX
Possible home of a French girl in part of East London	BUNGALOW
Restless type of female the writer would understand	FIDGET
Sheepdog reportedly moves unsteadily, having upset stomach	COLLYWOBBLES
Sleepy day arguments ultimately carry	DROWSY
Slovenly old nurse left Derby at last, drinking coffee	SLATTERNLY
Watering down of grown-up allowance, including wine ultimately	ADULTERATION