The Times - Cryptic - October 26 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28431
Clues	Answers
Bird enclosure principally approached by public transport	AVIARY
Dozy bachelor finally lost in river	OBTUSE
Edgy UK native extremely tense crossing lake	BRITTLE
Elegant style originally conceived here in ancient Rome	CHIC
Embarrassing woman's noted performance in golf	DISCONCERTING
Family fortune divided by the Spanish on the quiet	CLANDESTINELY
Flowering shrub a couple of accountants found around island	ACACIA
Flowers bitterns possibly observed around lake?	BLOOMERS
French loaf ugly old woman consumed, as some would say	BAGUETTE
Greek woman engaged by high-ranking diplomat	HELLENE
Like a nun, possibly, knowing about revised rites	SISTERLY
Like some universities, say, breaking random local tie	COLLEGIATE
Like tears of US city crook dropping in	LACRIMAL
Line on map represents round watering hole	ISOBAR
Old Baltic port initially misrepresented in Japanese art	ORIGAMI
Old character in theatre played Macbeth at last	EDH
Old coach station, one adopted by hunt	post chaise
One who breaks down in the lab? A record producer, we hear	ANALYST
Rider's hesitation about expedition in surrounding area	EQUESTRIAN
Sails south to solicit votes	CANVASS
Seaside device for drying hops, perhaps, in California	COASTAL
She features in novel, say? Yes and film	ELSA
Small snake biting large supplier of 24 needs	SADDLER
Structure on sailing ship going up and down	POOP
Trap bringing about mother's ruin?	GIN
Uncultivated region where angry sea eagles start to squabble	WILDERNESS
Unite under pressure, perhaps, getting married outside Lima	WELD
Unkempt educationist left in threadbare clothing	BEDRAGGLED
Vehicle in this way met by chap's brother?	CARTHUSIAN
Winter sport aid's existence briefly revealed in burlesque	ski lift
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2252
Clues	Answers
Actors brought to the French monument?	CASTLE
Annoying worker caught in two minds?	antagonising
Any number in group becoming ecstatic	SENT
Be obsessed by man __ stifling bore!	dwell on
Bloke's beginning to run __ body part sending message?	BLADDER
Carries on with English nurses __ about ten!	EXTENDS
Covering provided by thatcher, partly	HAT
Eccentric old theologian	ODD
Enlarged garment for king to wear	GROWN
Guide a society, containing these inner thoughts	IDEAS
Like a fateful day, providing incidental messages	ASIDES
Not much ale: tilt drunkenly!	a little
One character inferior to another	SUBSCRIPT
One grand Conservative in club, a tigerish sort?	big cat
Philosopher and ambassador come together	HEGEL
Policy that may be laid down by ruler	LINE
Repeatedly question cook	GRILL
Revolutionary base __ that one's smoking?	CHEROOT
Small county hotels offer these	BEDS
Stopped losing head and relaxed	EASED
Those who spot our feathered friends in prepared bed rich with straw	bird watchers
Top male entertained by a church	ACME
Very glad to be put in the dark, as you might suppose?	DELIGHTED
What lazy person did? One had been in front	IDLED
What someone on rooftop must do? Become depressed	get down
What's concerning man who substitutes for ruler?	REGENT