The Times Cryptic April 8 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27946
Clues	Answers
Back to chop tree, clearing area, for instance	EXAMPLE
Blessed state of vehicle caught in squally rain	NIRVANA
Bridge that’s not finished well	SPA
Brief moment absorbing work matter	TOPIC
Cheap booze from pub enthralling first of alcoholics	BARGAIN
Chief is behind gathering wood	BEECH
Chopped up half of garden pole to make frame for plants	PERGOLA
Clumsy: presumably good for hitches ?	all thumbs
Doctors, in sum, given to single marker of death	TOMBSTONE
Ecstatic about ace stuff in ceremony	SACRAMENT
Element of bondage session male eschewed	TIE
Forecaster is upset over Times letters initially	SIBYL
Gaudy description of nails?	TACKY
Hollywood star who could move into elite domain	Matinee idol
Indian city featured in obscure plan	DIAGRAM
Loud thing cat may do? Here’s a reminder	FLASHBACK
Mother cracked up	DAM
Organic material from our group supporting the sound of activity	HUMUS
Pine? 22 picked up in Californian city	long beach
Pointless trial attorney has abandoned before end of day	EMPTY
Proceed to accept unhappy end?	crack down on
Ran miles to embrace that chap? That’s the idea	THEOREM
Regulates day in November? On the contrary	TUNES
Shrewd account about one of old	ARCHAIC
Subjects observed in this may be swift to grouse?	ORNITHOLOGY
Support car marque as an original design	ARCHETYPE
Tea for each individual companion	CHAPERONE
Time zone reduced after upset	ERA
What shows one’s composed and performed for, new documentation following?	SANGFROID
What’s needed for walking dog in meadow: quiet	LEASH
Wine quantity not uniform? Bad business	AMONTILLADO
Wise figure showing a lot of courage in the end retreating	MINERVA
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1848
Clues	Answers
A quick game with mates?	speed chess
Bachelor on island failing to finish liquor?	single malt
Blackbeard, say, doesn't start being angry	IRATE
Broken coal ovens __ they can produce lots of smoke!	VOLCANOES
Contents of data, stick found in storage area	ATTIC
Drink, for example, with medal being returned	EGGNOG
Eat briefly, making racket	DIN
Faith in mediocre education	CREED
Flood from river covering moor regularly	TORRENT
Fool picked up then let go of sweet	GUMDROP
I chuck in worn-out fossil	TRILOBITE
I reused horrible leftovers	RESIDUE
Inability to catch, or retain, strangely	tin ear
Leaders in The Oval Office, also	TOO
Pays for conservative's false alibi	cover story
Pet dragon is strange baptism participant!	GODPARENT
Psychic put fear into underground worker	mind reader
Ship's wreckage __ beginning to find plenty in the morning	FLOTSAM
Study agreement in speech	EYE
Supply department	ARM
Tests new axes around military, primarily	EXAMS
Therefore a religious leader initially records a drama	soap opera
Weapon search	RIFLE
What a casino employee might say is perfect?	IDEAL