The Times - Cryptic - August 18 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28059
Clues	Answers
Altogether the last three knockout rounds that spanned several years	SEVENTIES
Ancient city's once fantastic empty hotel?	ANTIOCH
At front of Berkeley Square picked up land	BENIN
Combined a line with another, no breaks	all-in-one
Curious how day's dim	SHADOWY
Distinctive phrase fool finally changes	IDIOM
Double act being wordless awkwardly hampers emotion	pantomime horse
Elaborate dress: set out before noon to gain impetus	get up steam
Fail to work, having succeeded in objection	go bust
Flat surface's length, on the side?	LEDGE
Formal wear? It may be your call	TAILS
Get smaller recorder	TAPER
Half-hearted shout, not on deck	BELOW
Hard to avoid publican in possibly obscene fraud	IMPOSTURE
Harriet's relatively small cathouse?	uncle toms cabin
Head of bank will learn to manipulate capital restriction	berlin wall
Heedful of a green hollow in which day is advancing	ADVERTENT
Hospitality for all in old luxury flat as temperature falls	open house
In submarine, maybe, one who's elected to conserve oxygen is a cold fish	ROLLMOP
Irritable match ending in acrimony	TESTY
Missing volume, gap occasionally vital __ this is one example	inter alia
No jobs after this? Call to retire	last post
Off-white linen carried by recruits	ECRU
Roughly calculate what's left: about one metre	ESTIMATE
Run around somewhat, having small puncture	flea bite
Son in good health? That's dandy	SWELL
Tool gets right inside cloth	TROWEL
Tube through Liverpool's opening	VIAL
Viewer hugs dog tighter	SECURER
Well-armed number challenged to depose king	TENTACLED
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1942
Clues	Answers
A body of water overseas	ABROAD
Airline covering up a beastly cry	BAA
Beautiful woman ignoring one for a time	HOUR
Club for AA member?	DRIVER
Crackpot oriental aunt?	RELATION
Dislike analyst's initial interpretation	AVERSION
Fed up with border guard	DEFEND
Female elephant scoffing hot dog	CHOW
Force of evil once let loose	VIOLENCE
Former wife finishing with Bill? Spot on	EXACT
Good-looking chap holding article from Copenhagen?	DANISH
Gossip with Jean-Paul Sartre's feline friend?	CHAT
Harry, a character in Wind in the Willows	BADGER
Inquisitive boss regularly visiting New York	NOSY
Leak from European delegation	EMISSION
Outrage of Tory men I abused	ENORMITY
Poet has house by river	HOMER
Reminder of the code word for an E	ECHO
Reportedly excluded Italian, a crook	BANDIT
Sad when daughter goes? That's personal	OWN
Sikh cafe cooking your supper?	FISHCAKE
The smallest one's somewhat disgruntled	RUNT
The Speaker's flummoxed, displaying weakness	FLAWED
Trainee in the wrong from time to time	INTERN
What prisoner might long for, eh?	PARDON
Woman in Madrid's preposterous reason	SENORA