The Times Cryptic January 19 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27878
Clues	Answers
A vale heading north, man on deviating path	at a tangent
Bearing rocks, enter with some force	barge in
Boy caught by wolf, one's stuffed	ROULADE
Chinese Revolution topping the bill, alas, ultimately for communist	ENGELS
Completely shut off, there's nothing exceptional about me?	IMPASSABLE
Cow neatherd almost forced onto back of cart	THREATEN
Dance that has guru act wildly	cut a rug
End with jars upside down	STOP
Enemy caught by Tasmanian tiger	ANTI
Female animals expressed milk	EWES
Fighting with chorus in challenges such as these	crossing swords
If food found at bottom of hole, teeth cleaner	DENTIFRICE
Lawn weed: cut the whole lot back	PRUNELLA
Lovely soak	LUSH
Musical character in one's blood	NATURAL
Nation that had me as president?	IRAN
One hit by player, icon reportedly	CYMBAL
One is late (not early): only some changes holding delivery up	MONOSYLLABLE
One leaving land, perhaps, with river on a hill	TESTATOR
Over eight thirteenths of the alphabet?	ATOP
Rocket, say: why not all there?	LOCOMOTIVE
Rubbish game for King Edward, according to Wallace?	TATTIE
Score doubled, perfect in one faculty?	twenty-twenty
Sharp swing restricting batting, say	VINEGARY
Source of sugar working for old cook	BEETON
Sweet and spicy food: wanting it with coating of saffron in bread	brandy snap
Unchanging, those full of beans, say in early part of tennis match?	set in stone
What could shock more or less, for example?	four-letter word
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1791
Clues	Answers
A foolish person going round Brazil?	NUTCASE
Acorn eater rather a dull chap, I hear	BOAR
Almost certain to go top	SURPASS
Bit at end of book that might be taken out?	APPENDIX
Contemporary description of Dec 25th?	present-day
Departed, heading north with others	et al
Farmers opt mistakenly for unsuitable agricultural terrain	PERMAFROST
Finds time for healthy activity vicar doesn’t like?	fits in
Koreans pry awfully __ and so do I!	nosy parker
LSE admitting a professor’s first mistake	LAPSE
Manage to return, reaching hotel in time	EPOCH
Maybe mum or dad given monthly payment?	PARENT
Moan about a lady on vacation __ something not quite right?	ANOMALY
Newcomer talks, getting round code of silence	OMERTA
No one charged for this public brawl?	free-for-all
One grabbing chest ran off	SNATCHER
One who photographs Her Majesty for The Times perhaps	PAPER
Pudding confusion at posh boys’ school	Eton mess
Raised money for the speaker	BRED
Revolution helping to protect religious books	ROTATION
Sailor posed outside front of library	SALT
Soldiers having miserable time in retreat	TROOP
Some tracks on a tape and a work by Mozart?	SONATA
Unnerve Republican who’s got a nasty bite?	RATTLER