The Times Cryptic April 30 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27965
Clues	Answers
A boy initially enthralled by east European entertainer	ACROBAT
A daughter overlooked by son is out of sorts	SAD
A male beast without tail in strange art in flat	TABULAR
American cannon got from vehicle when given order	CAROM
Ancient city grasping a way of buying up prize	TROPHY
Board behind reversing vehicle that can be easily dealt with	TRACTABLE
Carry piece of sound equipment suggestive of ritual?	TOTEMIC
Cavity in heart needing attention	middle ear
Guide soldiers over Dartmoor landmark?	MENTOR
Hack possibly putting run in stockings?	HORSE
He'd get reform, if violently	freedom fighter
Host briefly entertaining monster, a sort of accountant	COMPTROLLER
Illicit drink about to be removed, leading to a kerfuffle	hoo-ha
Insincerity of thank you drowned in sentiment	AFFECTATION
Ladder lets one escape from dilapidated building	RUN
Lunar domain __ no sea, awfully lumpy	NODULAR
Married chum's brought into Middle East location as investigator	OMBUDSMAN
Maybe rabbit turned and ran, being disconcerted	RUFFLED
Nice clues composed with an art that will show intellectual discipline	natural science
One drug-dealer, short worker at end of street offering cocaine?	STIMULANT
Restaurant offers excellent crumble, sweet course served retro-style	TRATTORIA
RIP! Old females depart quickly	tear off
Room for keeping a type of food	HALAL
Spooner's dry grass, territory that would do for dog	GREYHOUND
The bird __ he avoided dog	TRAIL
Theatre food is tasted again	REPEATS
Thief beats up beloved in Paris	SNATCHER
Try me out with my singular correspondence!	SYMMETRY
Very good bed's embroidered decoration	PICOT
With river flooding in, send for solution to problem	cure-all
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1864
Clues	Answers
Absolute order	RANK
After grave message, enemy's beginning to be mature	RIPE
Batsman, maybe, feeling more pain, having secured century	SCORER
By the way, this safety procedure is recommended	kerb drill
City torn apart when captured by crazed male	MONTREAL
Correct project given change of direction at the end	PROPER
Fifty retained by firm before certain shutdown	CLOSURE
Full agreement, we hear	PACKED
I said I could be on the lookout	EYE
Knight, slippery type entertained by monarch, is showing obeisance	KNEELING
Material from learner you incorporated in advertisement	POLYESTER
Material in reef, cold on examination	CORAL
Negative word about good person is unpleasant	NASTY
No longer having money in chest	BUST
One seeking perfection? One limited by silly details	IDEALIST
Play around as one fitting tobacco into pipe?	TAMPER
Rich pet at sea in vessel	PITCHER
Sailors in flat-bottomed boat showing heart	KERNEL
Salvation Army, army with name for the Devil	SATAN
Swathe of attacks coming through river	EXPANSE
Think about new sin in revised credo	CONSIDER
This writer's continuing with the unfinished story	MYTH
Unknown wild area to the north offering lots of space	ROOMY
What's carried by tutees, say __ some submissions to tutor?	ESSAYS
Whisky kept in jar? Yes	RYE
Wits needed for children's game	MARBLES