The Times Cryptic December 21 2020 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27853
Clues	Answers
A type lacking finish is similar	AKIN
Article by Catholic dignitary about an Anglo-Saxon responsibility	THANEDOM
At home this person's invested in fast pain relief	LINIMENT
Attractive grassy areas used in first half of game	PLEASING
Aussie native taking tea with male fellow lodger	room-mate
Book written in African state, primarily on Shakespearean steward	MALVOLIO
Bovine bloke protecting posh legislator	LUMPEN
Exercise gets first of bulky blokes losing eight stone	PEBBLE
Food for people with shares?	ploughmans lunch
Girl presented by one's second son	ISABEL
Greet journalist protecting usual extremists? That's knotty	NODULATED
He reigns ineptly, though fairly committed to environment	GREENISH
Laid back about English knight's disclaimer	DENIAL
Money divided by male soldiers in that place	THEREIN
Monster involved in rather gory comeback	OGRE
Most elegant farm animal is French	NEATEST
My clue cooked up for Aristotle's school	LYCEUM
Old man with money picked up something to suck	LOLLIPOP
Old Scandinavian identifies chap from the south	NORSEMAN
Ordinal produced by philosopher in hot resort	MILLIONTH
Peer that goes without golf throughout a number of months	YEARLONG
Popular mason disturbed about current sleep disorder	INSOMNIA
Printing unit, sound and arousing jealousy	ENVIABLE
Reindeer in peril, about to be substituted for good	DANCER
Scope revealed by Oscar, standing in in goal	AMBITION
Small cup offered by girl in sanctimonious family	PANNIKIN
Sustenance teachers finally sought, eating nothing in Paris	NUTRIENT
Sweetener giving defensive player stimulation at first	KICKBACK
Unacceptable mendacity? Not near the centre	OUTLYING
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1770
Clues	Answers
A big blow to our sailors over a party	TORNADO
Cajun dish Juliet baked originally in a former British colony	JAMBALAYA
Charm, a cross, first of three	AMULET
Circuit to power computer	LAPTOP
Criticise a mother's hat	PANAMA
Dog beat favourite	WHIPPET
Friendly drink	CORDIAL
Good-humoured judge with eyepiece	JOCULAR
Guy drinks last of wine	TEASE
Head of coin in change causes heated row	ALTERCATION
Hunted animal in stone pit	QUARRY
Impromptu remark from awkward lad I bowled	ad-lib
Jack on outside broadcast work	JOB
Jo expecting a baby? Me too	join the club
Peninsula in Russian region (not south)	IBERIA
Petition concerning hunt	REQUEST
Pie keeping hot with foil	THWART
Poet's line daughter stuck in Rob Roy novel with note	lord byron
Runs inside dog track	TRAIL
Smallest article in case put outside	LEAST
Starts to order in lighter fuel	OIL
The M25, for example __ what may be said about small section?	ORBITAL
Unlikely to add up if short	TALL
What travellers pay for food	FARE