The Times Cryptic June 8 2021 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27998
Clues	Answers
A couple of notes of little distinction	so-so
Absorption transforming a Latin mission endlessly	ASSIMILATION
Aussie screecher giving girl a headache initially	GALAH
Authority to produce script for listeners	RIGHT
Bachelor requesting quiet on vessel, seeing creature of the deep	basking shark
Compulsion to work and press together when speaking	NEED
Craftswoman's burden, securing copper disc	SCULPTRESS
Creature that burrows, destroying the marrow	EARTHWORM
Dedicated duke eclipsed by English management group	COMMITTEE
Doubts young woman revealed about donating	MISGIVINGS
Encouragement given by nice vet in novel	INCENTIVE
Extravagant? Not in an army corps	OUTRE
Greek character left? Terrible time for a crusade!	PILGRIMAGE
Humble worker in pub, taking it over under a false name	INCOGNITO
Leader of infantry escorted back, carrying a standard	IDEAL
Long garment gnome shortened	MAXI
Long-time heretic, one replacing a surgeon	VETERINARIAN
Merchandise finally put in place in an Irishman's warehouse	REPOSITORY
Mop Cornish sailor used?	SWAB
Name Alice's illustrator talked of after church anniversary	CENTENNIAL
Popular book in French is small, digested by beauty, 21	BESTSELLER
Pretext contributing to extensive ill-feeling	VEIL
Recoil, but ultimately accept coarse cotton fabric	WINCEYETTE
Rover knocking back pint, perhaps, during game, informally	FREEBOOTER
See eager sailor painting yacht first of all	ESPY
Stable establishment	FIRM
Team-beater's hairy facial growth	side whiskers
Working American's responsibility	ONUS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1891
Clues	Answers
A quiet member of the family, that's evident	APPARENT
Beloved Bambi perhaps being heard	DEAR
Carol wants love first and last, being unattached	SINGLE
Charlie has new pastime in temporary accommodation?	CAMPSITE
Function for mathematicians at home in the home counties	SINE
Gradually decreasing sound at end of recording	TAPERING
Harmful recreational drug is ordered	BADE
Having crossed valley, Maureen and Edward sat	MODELLED
Islanders queue to enter HQ	BALINESE
Item of office equipment is essential, needed by firm's bosses	KEYBOARD
Look for building to accommodate any number	HUNT
Old city the one above all others? Not quite	THEBES
People on forums having no time for puzzles	POSERS
Place in Somerset, a colony to the west	LOCATE
Poet who lives in a small community in Rome?	POPE
Prohibition involving shout that startles monkey	BABOON
Reginald (vicar?) upset church worker	VERGER
Report of a snow leopard being broadcast	ANNOUNCE
Shine, getting fantastic result	LUSTRE
Small reptile spotted on American plant	CROCUS
Stinking row	RANK
Upper-class fool in group of soldiers?	UNIT
Winding canal I've found in foreign city	VALENCIA
Work with a learner to produce a gem!	OPAL