The Times - Cryptic - July 16 2021 Crossword Solution

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28031
Clues	Answers
Ancient linesman in short film chasing ball	OVID
Asylum once accommodated retiring individual after initial confusion	MADHOUSE
Blessed female, see, is very determined	STEELY
Book that’s turned up on radio?	VOLUME
Bound to be slow to put up universal rate	GALUMPH
Carried on one’s service, without getting ahead	WORN
Cause not to hear new promise being brought up	DROWN
English ad put out by idiot causing division in Ireland	MEATH
Game’s second leg at start of week?	BACKGAMMON
Go badly wrong in gorge, on hike	stuff up
Hard to explain at first, pager or an alarm going off	PARANORMAL
Having had the bill split?	do a runner
Inherit little from pig farm? Son finally to get chance to shine	come into ones own
Jet to want to pursue dive bomber initially	pitch-black
Lewd in one’s manners __ and sort of cross	IMMODEST
Master some sticky matter __ regret speaking out	GURU
Men in exercising also avoid arduous course	Via Dolorosa
Mischief rag repeated, later making front page	hanky-panky
Missing the end off a bolt	AWOL
Musical group that gets the joint jumping	NONET
One walked across, resolving to get rid of BO?	FOOTBRIDGE
Outstanding example of party, with punch and beer outside!	sockdolager
Preparing to pick up stuff first in red Golf	LISTENING
Product of soap operas, you would guess? Only EastEnders	SUDS
Reading for one hour having left cast	TOWN
Right to have Hearts crossing Atlantic for match	CORRESPOND
This one does by not being in line?	DISOBEY
Tour of inns maybe with jazz, across Australia and much of Europe	booze-up
What a European would call these flipping feckless displays!	MOOSE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1919
Clues	Answers
Attitude rejected by a fabulous writer	AESOP
Employ in quiet exhibition space	MUSEUM
Engineer tangles up DIY tool	staple gun
Exhausted after tango and twist	TWEAK
Extremely rude chap, one with interim authority	REGENT
Fake ring __ the ultimate in chicanery	PHONEY
Fighting male is hard and fairly heated	WARMISH
Freight company transporting a case of Riesling	CARGO
Great sort of game	MEGA
Her plans potentially change	SHRAPNEL
I felt awful eating the last bit of your pudding	TRIFLE
It’s burned in church __ not so effectively at first	INCENSE
Massive re-launch organised around the end of June	HERCULEAN
Meals out arranged for special friend	SOULMATE
Noble individuals look mature	PEERAGE
On reflection, books are a source of inspiration	ERATO
Siemens’ misguided, long-standing rival	NEMESIS
Small quarry devoured by outsize birds	OSPREYS
Some baseball starts, featuring only the best players	all-star
Sprinting, or moving with intensity	RIPSNORTING
Swallow one strong drink	MARTINI
Troop’s leader supports capturing a mountain range	the alps
Type of chilli found in Mexican chorizo	ANCHO
Utensil slicing primarily meat	SPORK
Wander __ somewhere in Italy, you say?	ROAM