The Times - Cryptic - July 21 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28035
Clues	Answers
Advance ideas of newspapers mostly about fertilisation	Preconceptions
Army musician, possibly, with sergeant-major in bar	BANDSMAN
Blessedness of bishop with key position, so to speak	BEATITUDE
British sailors gathering round African tree	BAOBAB
Came about supporting husband dismissed from the plant	tea rose
Customers not exactly silent when screwed	CLIENTS
Deepen colour of chest in study	DARKEN
Degenerative state of Venetian magistrate keeping volunteer army once	DOTAGE
Diving bird's culpability, eating most of fruit	GUILLEMOT
Eg Hammerstein's very large limousine	OSCAR
Famous clown taking a drink	COCOA
Like one part of speech attorney recalled, insignificant	ADNOMINAL
Little bird caught by peasant after severe upset	DABCHICK
Mineral popular in Oman's capital, as it happens	OLIVINE
New decanter full of sugary fluid	nectared
Noted assertion of right accepted by fab duke	ACCLAIMED
Novel a Moravian nun originally absorbed happily at sea?	Our Man in Havana
Old man holding sound-enhancing device __ a character!	OMICRON
One at home in Madrid perhaps __ and Paris, surprisingly	SPANIARD
Picture the writer's opposed to, enormously at first	IMAGINE
Rowdy lout initially stabbing poet with little hesitation	HOODLUM
Ruth's mother-in-law's current grumble going north	NAOMI
Short song a girl's written about an alien	ARIETTA
Shrub Conservative woman planted across lake	CAMELLIA
Stuff wrapped round last of wholesome dairy product	CREAM
Try one's manipulative procedure in the theatre	TAXIS
Turn up, dropping round initially for church record store	ARCHIVE
Unlimited load of French ship entering Black Sea Port	ODESSA
Weaken resistance of son frequently before beak	soften up
White mineral artist found in chest	BORAX
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1922
Clues	Answers
A lot of water? Spot is heard	SEA
A year on river somewhere in Scotland	AYR
Breaking cups, restless female artists	sculptresses
Brilliant colour displayed by vehicle left in group	SCARLET
Charm with which a religious dissertation is read out	ATTRACT
Device to get one sitting up?	CHAIRLIFT
English maiden full of energy is showing obsession with self maybe	EGOISM
Food component gives excess energy to any number	GLUTEN
Force acceptance of what motorist must do after work?	drive home
Friend getting millions __ a reward for sporting achievement?	PALM
Go miles travelling around French city	LIMOGES
Greek character was first to turn up with word of gratitude	DELTA
Is representative of pietism so troubled about source of evil?	epitomises
Light shows a northern bird by lake	LANTERN
Means of identification of crop, we hear, more affected by cold?	serial number
Means of transport for schools	TRAINS
Men not beginning to attempt record	ENTRY
Musician's original duet played with softened tone	MUTED
Paying the bill for colony?	SETTLEMENT
Quiet place associated with one of Henry's wives __ it's ideal	PARAGON
Raucous cry of a member of parliament?	HOOT
Sing melody badly apart from introduction	YODEL
Stuff in good meat __ good for starter	GINGHAM
What this time without water ultimately brings ?	THIRST