The Times Cryptic June 17 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28006
Clues	Answers
A new Merlot's drunk __ it's sweet and refreshing	WATERMELON
American peak with worse weather	RAINIER
Bar's words from member with drinks on tab	LEGALESE
Bird, catching bit of current, is to take off	LAMPOON
Book suppressing final character's age	ERA
Changing ends of meandering route, one wants good fare	GOURMET
Corrupt? Oddly, they're overwhelmed by praise	ADULTERATE
Date and I loved dancing and were a good match	DOVETAILED
Distance Parisian is to roam	ESTRANGE
Fighting men cut by a blade	OAR
Formality which may come from King Edward?	STARCH
Getting this could perhaps be seen as infra dig	UNDERSTANDING
Harmony left following musical style	RAPPORT
Help when presenting US car line on the radio	AUTOCUE
Herb around old French bread now	EURO
Large heavier clothes more streamlined	FLATTER
Liberal is firm and very devout	COPIOUS
Like a shoe, perhaps, that's unsafe to walk on	SLIPPERY
Most of national flag	IRIS
Needle with point around figure's side	HYPOTENUSE
One handling money in his care roughly	CASHIER
Philosopher, on leaving, snakes around market	PYTHAGORAS
Possibly getting a raise in pounds provided by board	LIFTABLE
Projection to get extremely large ratings here?	FORECASTLE
Reality about to get inverted in newspaper	FACT
Stream in gorge to the west	FLOW
Strut surely has wood in for example	SASHAY
Trims twirling officer's coat decoratively	STUCCO
When one's getting on with female penning graffito	DOTAGE
Work with nothing explicit about ballet, say	CHOREOGRAPHIC
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1898
Clues	Answers
Any number banned from stadium environs	AREA
Aussie bouncers? Opener in trouble bats here!	ROOST
Bubble in black fuel	BOIL
Demonstrator perhaps in rain?	SHOWER
Difficulty for British leaving en masse initially	PROBLEM
European in biplane flying low	PLEBEIAN
Friend initially creates unpleasant smell	CHUM
German rock singer teaching the French one	LORELEI
Girl reversing in limo anxiously	NAOMI
Gold coin in circulation?	ORBIT
Grin broadly after antler found in wood	HORNBEAM
Helping a learner is sensible	RATIONAL
Hitch, or something he directed?	ROPE
Journalist on the beer	REPORTER
Line in exotic cigar that's strongly flavoured	GARLIC
Meat in spoon finally wiped to be cleaner	SHAMPOO
Mum has good food for chatterer	MAGPIE
One having an eye for provocation?	NEEDLE
One Mr Opera is replaced as concert master	IMPRESARIO
Pipe cracked each summer	MEERSCHAUM
Steak: hotel dinner cooked without starter	TENDERLOIN
Story written around black board	TABLE
Used as support worker	second hand
Your writer confident around a music bar	MEASURE