The Times Cryptic May 25 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27986
Clues	Answers
African country out of bounds for Rod	WAND
Attitude of procrastinator or heretic	IDOLATER
Bring up what AC Milan fans may do?	DISINTER
Careful touching film on DVD, say	DISCREET
Case of man who shouldn't be working with writer	SCABBARD
Dish covered in handsome lettering	OMELETTE
Exotic island monkey astride a horse	TAHITI
First name or odd name for borderline personality?	FRONTIERSMAN
Habit to drop cold summer's activity	ADDITION
Hand round cask, with nothing in bottles	OVATION
Hold together man's broken heart	COHERE
How many driving aids there are on the wagon	TEETOTAL
Is it one who won't cross one's heart?	TICKER
It may flavour sweets and sandwiches I get	ANISEED
Kind of humour with virtue __ so funny	VITREOUS
Man of God wants tea without milk or sugar?	CHAPLAIN
Media presenter wears flower outside cape	SPORTSCASTER
Object ultimately going spare	THIN
Partner grasps computing command	DICTATE
Public rage __ tax far too much	OVERTIRE
Regular's drunk last of beer on tap	PATRON
Spruced up politician nosily investigated coats	PRIMPED
Stalk US baseball players from the south	STEM
Stop pouring wine, oddly, around empty hole	WHEN
Tale teller is explicit: nothing's up	FRANKLIN
Trumpet has a little weight when picked up	ANNOUNCE
Wrote new play's capital part	tower hamlets
You can rent somewhere to sleep around extremely dubious English region	BEDFORDSHIRE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1881
Clues	Answers
American chap pinches gold, having no principles	AMORAL
Asian girl visiting W African state endlessly	BENGALI
Bizarre situation of constable doing desk job	OFFBEAT
Bouquet given by a painter accepting high honour	AROMA
Castigate young creature breaking seat	LAMBASTE
College class's prescribed clothing	UNIFORM
Daughter interrupting a break at sea?	ADRIFT
Duplicitous lookalike distributing cards at table	double-dealing
Enchanting girl entering Italian island from east	ADORABLE
Factotum one sort of boxer would have	DOGSBODY
Line on map observed at first in island pub	ISOBAR
Loose garment some initially laugh at	SMOCK
Modest abode originally, and not a landed estate	MANOR
Nail leader of rowdies in criminal environment	BRAD
New inn dominated by duke's small terrier	dandie dinmont
Old US president protected by British motorcyclist	BIKER
Peer demanding attention last of all	EARL
Post a person of masculine gender talked of	MAIL
Relax about initiation of important exam	RESIT
Scorn prophet welcoming knight on board	SNEER
Shakespearean hero with capital O	ROMEO
Theatrical piece by doctor, an arts graduate	DRAMA
Title of head of household once __ Benny, possibly?	GOODMAN
Tree planted in April in Denmark	LINDEN
Twilight start to drive by Welsh river	DUSK
Uneasy, having stirred up trouble	AGITATED