The Times Cryptic June 11 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28001
Clues	Answers
A serving girl over in hotel, one carrying tea?	INDIAMAN
Atom bombs? Ring for security	MOAT
Break's very warm __ a record at the moment	SNAPSHOT
Cheese of fine character	FETA
Close Scottish bank set up in US financial centre	NEARBY
Country taking power from an older one	RUSSIA
Denial duke takes House of Lords allowances, perhaps	DISCLAIMER
Disturbing sounds perhaps not at all lacking in watts	NOISE
Dwarf with odd skin mostly raises family	RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Former partner with company, one brought in to evaluate and criticise	EXCORIATE
Gourmet's colossal waste ending in bin	EPICUREAN
Host is very foolish wasting billions	ARMY
Island dividing traffic gets railing	TIRADE
Metal vehicle carrying goods for street at one end of sports ground	Vanadium
Not one check over migrant	NOMAD
Overturn university marker over delta	UPEND
Punt ace, not the brightest	BETA
Red woollen jacket, new key line	CARDINAL
Risqué nature of playwright's succeeded	RACINESS
River in India, certainly	INDEED
Scribbler's tattoos don't fade away?	ink-slinger
Semester, say, in which one may get to train	TERMINUS
Supplier of paper one artist ordered	STATIONER
Thrash metal involving right band	ARMLET
Trainee giving nitrogen to plant	INTERN
Trod water, perhaps, with one teacher	SWAMI
Vacant Berkshire farmland is unlikely to be rejected	BEARABLE
Volume of Poe needs a note for scholarly readers	LITERATI
Where the Queen entertains most are to run round	STATEROOM
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1894
Clues	Answers
A lot of historical knowledge attached to railway truck	LORRY
Bath, say, having reduced width	SPA
Be audacious in the fitting-room?	try it on
Church in urban area losing head, getting irritated	ITCHY
Cryptic shone fantastically: a spectacular display!	PYROTECHNICS
Dictionary includes “beer” as local usage	DIALECT
Doctor penning article: editor looked astonished	GAPED
Dull photo with flowery girl in it	PROSAIC
Expert way to cover half of Olympics	POLYMATH
Farmer, maybe, having unhappy experience with computer network	LANDOWNER
Giant bird heads for Alpine nest	TITAN
Growing season, putting out new branch	SPRIG
Handing over additional information about a carol	PASSING
Hot, with sources of some peppers removed, implies cold	ICY
Industrial waste receiving name in informal language	SLANG
Old Emperor taking on America, implying a lot of work	ONEROUS
One digs up some chrysanthemum in error	MINER
One million going to a good European picture	IMAGE
Peanut I fancy as a flowering plant	PETUNIA
Plans returning this unwanted correspondence	SPAM
Poorly-lit weaving machine blocking outside of gallery	GLOOMY
Power-crazed individual confused by a magical omen	MEGALOMANIAC
Prize in conflict secured by Communist	REWARD
Remains of the French Saint	DUST
Riotous cheering around Western part of London	GREENWICH
Vision certainly possessed by rowing crew	EYESIGHT