The Times - Cryptic - October 6 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28414
Clues	Answers
"'I hope it gets sorted out" __ Australia's premier for republic	ETHIOPIA
A current hack shown up in old computers	ABACI
A neat player out somewhere on the pitch	penalty area
Adapt to having internal trouble, right?	TAILOR
An easy way to stop, if moving on	soft option
An old copper, thing chucked a great distance	AFAR
Artists in London location for colourful event	RAINBOW
Barnet manager, heading off to find artistic finisher?	AIRBRUSH
British sailor heading west for port city	BAKU
Case study number one __ beginning of talks between soldiers on both sides	RECONNOITRE
Cashier accepts note for modest fare	SNACK
Cover for The Listener needing attention, leading to panic	EARFLAP
Difficult to reverse into narrow Italian traffic restriction	speed limit
Disheartened attendant serves customer	USER
Drink pop	NIP
Fine whiskey found in barrel back in the day	YESTERYEAR
Get into a brawl, initially being pushed around	OBTAIN
He's climbing mountain, conserving oxygen	TOM
Hot drink's knocked over plug	PUSH
I go to secure parking after end of journey: I'm delighted!	YIPPEE
Muse, on reflection unwilling to supply waterproof material	OILCLOTH
New move to eliminate carbon has broad following across the country	NATIONWIDE
Open using force, standing underneath	FRANK
Pass over channel in aircraft	ski-plane
Peak of about one million derelict houses	CLIMAX
Pilot a vessel around island otherwise	AVIATOR
Rising in boozer, son saying “cheers”	bottoms up
Small measure of weight? More, ultimately	STONE
Strip of land I'm set to cultivate	DISMANTLE
Tax, not very good for arable land	LEY
Yes, mistake occurs after pressure to provide proof of earnings	PAYSLIP
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2238
Clues	Answers
A French congregation spread out	UNFOLD
Amount owed concerning doctor at the back	OVERDRAFT
Bar, with five couples, disheartened older male singer	COUNTERTENOR
Bill interrupted by Greek character, one who writes abject verses	POETASTER
Cheese and wine given to royal family	red windsor
Classical goddess quiet during the radio broadcast	APHRODITE
Esme dead slow, each time cutting half grassland tract	MEADOW
Expand Caribbean retreat	WIDEN
Finally, Manchester United recovered	RALLIED
Heroin used regularly for a long time	EON
Make fun of crude effigy	GUY
One who applauds directors finding filmmaking equipment	CLAPPERBOARD
Oscar, a loud idiot	OAF
People from Denmark, moving first to middle range of mountains	ANDES
Present mounted and secured	WON
Rain on outbuilding __ dirty film seen after this?	WATERSHED
Reformed individual to move into a lower gear	change down
Religious building always full of books, European	ABBEY
Some author describes crowd	HORDE
Streak of light encountered upset small deer	METEOR
Stroll accomplished covering miles	AMBLE
Style of design poorly rated by company	art deco
Unrefined rot mostly: that's disgusting!	ROUGH
Want expensive trough cleaned out	DEARTH