The Times - Cryptic - November 3 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28438
Clues	Answers
A function with navy fellows __ time for dressing up	ADORNMENT
An injury, see, to display with sensitivity	ACUTELY
Angry thief quietly put away	IRATE
Area on sports field that is very hard	DIAMOND
Artist born to be prominent Indian	RANEE
At a precise moment when hand is fully raised?	on the hour
Change when course of events goes the wrong way	EDIT
Composer's scheme __ nonsense written about it	COPLAND
Dances quietly, held by leader mostly	BOPS
Day with bed rest organised with companions between the sheets?	teddy bears
Devil showing familiar blemish	Old Nick
Drunk turning up around end of party flirts	TOYS
Exploited don keeps ahead	put-upon
Finished short musical composition, certainly not before time	OVERDUE
Giver of opinions, one no good interrupting trustworthy bosses?	sounding board
In favour of career measure bringing rapid development	PROLIFERATION
Party-pooper left after presentation of prizes	SPOILSPORT
Rail most of all, being stuck in vehicle traffic	BALUSTRADE
Reduction of dimple maybe with cosmetic filler	DECREMENT
Reformer to pardon gangster after turnaround	LATIMER
Run down to follow trendy pop genre	INDIE
Saw retreats, letting out a mild oath	EGAD
Servant receiving a payment in background	PARENTAGE
Show deference meeting monarch in enclosure	BOWER
The misled daren't ask about king "in the altogether"	stark-naked
What's exciting to money-maker __ embracing Conservative financial system	market economy
Wife ill and crying	WAILING
Wonderful person expecting to get married and looked after	SUPERINTENDED
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2258
Clues	Answers
A bishop grabbing painter's horse	ARAB
Article on diocese making you fume	SEETHE
As a result, king lacking self-confidence	EGO
Ask Edgar about period long ago	Dark Ages
Cairo man ordered an Italian dish	MACARONI
Code word for E in city house	ECHO
Don Corleone finally finished	DONE
Everyone in that place completely sane	all there
Gloomy detective eating nothing	MOROSE
Gossip about the French in holiday accommodation	CHALET
Large whisky maybe for young singer?	TREBLE
Nasty-sounding chicken?	FOWL
One going AWOL in Sahara perhaps, unnerved at heart	DESERTER
Piece of cake that you eat outside?	PICNIC
Put son in Hilton perhaps __ or somewhere cheaper?	HOSTEL
Rejection of agreement covering national insurance	DENIAL
Senior officers stop bars becoming disorderly	top brass
Set sail occasionally with popular Soviet leader	STALIN
Some pilot or soldier's dismembered body	TORSO
Spent erratically, concealing record	ENTER
Steal an advantage	EDGE
Story one acted out	ANECDOTE
Tragic character in place with few inhabitants	HAMLET
Travelling attraction kicking female out? That's not right	UNFAIR
Work-shy superstar, they say	IDLE