The Times - Cryptic - September 30 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28096
Clues	Answers
17 men and two females	ORFF
Beers emptied along with a six-pack?	ABS
Cups boy gold plates somewhere in Canada	LABRADOR
Current wage packages issued again before 1st of December	present-day
Drugs in small on-line trysts?	SEDATES
Female ravers might well!	DOE
Go without lunch, say, in agreement	TREATY
Hawking lecture's audience will do so upon arrival	EXPECTORATION
Hit with vigour, at first, producing a shiner	spirit lamp
I'm amused by fat religious reformer	LOLLARD
Imaginary number probed by new technology	FICTIVE
Jazz circle met up, wanting Miles in Kind of Blue	ELECTRIC
Less well-known tracks around east too	BESIDES
Let go of key safety measure	fire escape
Lukewarm self-assessment? If so, there's no getting over it	IMPASSABLE
Manoeuvre soldiers around America	RUSE
More challenging to catch ball for keeper	HOARDER
One producing pieces from organic bin missing tons	COMPOSER
Out of doors, old songwriter may do so	open-air
Prepare to fire stone in battleground	COCKPIT
Saw producer of Marmite tip gas freely	EPIGRAMMATIST
Sick note doctor put in resting place	ENTOMB
Taps with hard metal back one found in kitchen	CHEF
Test clothing case right for several players	ORCHESTRAL
Venerated Egyptian flag, really raised on high	OSIRIS
Victor seized by Turkish ruler quails	BEVY
Welsh politician in speech ignoring right and wrong	AMORALLY
What barker calls smoke	roll up
Who may get drunk with real relish, misbehaving	HELLRAISER
Wreck or use loo, pushing the one in front back a bit	RUINATE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1973
Clues	Answers
Act of taking over commercial selection?	ADOPTION
Affecting moral superiority to nuncio’s aims for reform	SANCTIMONIOUS
Caught looking embarrassed over initially expression of belief	CREDO
Change one’s mind regarding church fast	RELENT
Clashing recipe with part of octopus and a lot of onion put before us	disharmonious
Deal with company backed in printed media	PROCESS
Dispute in Camargue when river’s blocked	ARGUE
Female in army group is out of condition	UNFIT
Fruit black? Exactly!	PLUMB
Fruit mostly smelt awful when brought up	NUTS
Individual’s trapped male deer __ a tragedy may unfold here	ONSTAGE
Lack of wisdom I test in statement of denial	NAIVETY
Large mammal is healthy when putting on weight	WHALE
Non-fire? That’s wrong	INFERNO
One regularly uncovered chap in barrel turning up	NUDIST
Pressure initially seems to change unknown instrument	PSALTERY
Reddish-brown and gold stream	AUBURN
Refuse dumped beside northern motorway, last of all	DENY
Skimpy garment a great many have thrown right out	THONG
Solitary revolutionary supporter of Charles I	ROYALIST
Stake a new note	ANTE
Steep cliff is mostly frightening	SCAR
Time to crush online troublemaker	TROLL
Value a very quiet increase in salary	APPRAISE
Weld remade around ring for fixing pin	DOWEL
Young cat __ chap embraces it tons	KITTEN