The Times Cryptic June 1 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27992
Clues	Answers
A short time in river Test	EXAMINE
Assembly standards waiving hospital study of intake	DIETETICS
Bull kept by oppressive dictator	EDICT
Carry on with period	WAGE
Could displaced migrant settle in such a dream world?	cloud-cuckoo-land
Deny litter producer's implicated in racket	DISOWN
Distraught leaders of trade union split trophy	cut up
Drop stock complaint during trouble	ABSEIL
Elected party chum in Asian peninsula	INDOCHINA
Excuse individual after jumping bail	ALIBI
Feeble female friend absorbing current feature of lyric poetry	pathetic fallacy
Hardy girl grabbing Romeo's hair	TRESS
Jack's last in York church body	KNAVE
Knock vale swathed in grass	rat-a-tat
Mail was reduced regularly, primarily from late '40s?	post-war
Management give short broadcast, making error	OVERSIGHT
New paintings up on top of steeple come to light	TRANSPIRE
Novel about airline carrying English cricket club	REBECCA
Now and then carpet empty library as befits it?	APTLY
Old boy's story involves Conservative block	OBSTACLE
Old king repeatedly can start to grouch, showing pique	tut-tutting
Plans to exclude a date in Italy, once	IDES
Screen translation's just what's needed in Nice	SUBTITLE
Sense brief opening __ sign on staff	tenor clef
They support members and volunteers with typing complaint?	TARSI
View workers abandoning block of flats	TENET
Weird flat, perhaps, for musician?	UNNATURAL
What windbags do best?	UTTERMOST
Wife devoured judge in bottom section of course	water jump
Wrong starter missing from film director's pasta dish	TORTELLINI
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1886
Clues	Answers
Action of Liberal with wife in a formal outfit	LAWSUIT
Arduous job, initially, sawing wood	SLOG
As a mountain track may be, blustery and indirect	WINDY
Bird __ and cat beginning to track it	TOMTIT
Crusty old American on container ship?	CANTANKEROUS
Device that provides a shuttle service for a seamstress?	sewing machine
Drive shown by politician in refurbished suite	IMPETUS
European jazz fan, one raising quite a stink!	POLECAT
Excessive praise of grown-up touring area, one on cricket side	ADULATION
Explosive device briefly associated with a Caribbean state	GRENADA
French river, one embodied in folk tradition	LOIRE
Investigate loud noise of birds __ Swedish, possibly	SCANDINAVIAN
Island involved in risky enterprise	SKYE
Leaders of priests equipped with seat in church	PEW
Monkey found in Israel or Islamabad	LORIS
Old man's expression of thanks for Italian food	PASTA
Recent arrivals sadly eat in kitchen at first	INTAKE
Talkative, and spiteful about hotel	CHATTY
Travelling is rare in a mountain range	SIERRA
Tries to get into Madrid team's practice session	REHEARSAL
US city built by characters from Orkneys	YONKERS
What we learn by accepting established award	ROSETTE
Woman Caesar's salutation upset	EVA
Would it damage part of a shoe? It's hard to say	tongue-twister