The Times - Cryptic - October 13 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28107
Clues	Answers
A centre back eats divine sage	BUDDHA
American can lie low, about to protect Republican	RESTROOM
Arab in later years reversed narcissism	EGOMANIA
Box holds Great British key	space bar
Capital in recycling event being green	NAIVETE
Characters detained in Slovakian cells	OVA
Dance in drag, delaying end of rumba	HULA
Dark vehicle borne by horse	MACABRE
Drink cold Guinness?	ALEC
Even bits of Martha's elbow beaten black and blue	at a low ebb
Flame once right to stop boiling egg on	EXHORT
Gallivanting abroad, I must get time with my work	jet-setting
How week begins, with caviar for the president	MONROE
Jar with crow's foot in jelly	VASELINE
Lives, I see, in cooler Iranian city	ISFAHAN
Move friskily in a top with more attractive outside	cut a caper
Nobleman missing river's underground movement	MAQUIS
On the drink, as a finger is drunk	SEAFARING
One out of boredom penning English song	Te Deum
One's skinny drink comes with wafer I arranged	SUPERWAIF
Performer, one who may draw applause at the end	ARTISTE
Place to study cause of limping in fantastic beast	UNICORN
PM no longer bluff, brooding antihero	HEATHCLIFF
Put money on scrap, a fabulous contest	QUIDDITCH
Return of a feeble boat touring a Pacific country	GUATEMALA
Shakespearean prince wearing underwear in castles	FORTINBRAS
Trendy, not quite trendy, or affectedly trendy	CHICHI
Turned to source of celebrity gossip for tragic tale	OTHELLO
Waiting on sauce for empty waffle	lip service
Where to find tea plant	POT
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1982
Clues	Answers
A child finally gets round labyrinth full of wonder	AMAZED
A harp being played by the Spanish artist	RAPHAEL
Answer dealing with wrongful act	RETORT
Bill, a noble fellow abroad from what we hear	ACCOUNT
Country's abandoning a Greek island as a complete undivided unit	INDISCRETE
Courage that may help motorist on winter drive	GRIT
Dances around to provide pickled food	CAPERS
Dicky guards the family members	DAUGHTERS
Difficult nutcases? You see them on building sites!	hard hats
Exceptionally bad sin __ he gets cast into the wilderness?	BANISHED
Fixed agenda modified to accommodate bishop	ARRANGED
Former PM in unproductive territory?	HEATH
Furry animal hiding in strange nettles	GENET
Glove puppet isn't under control	on a string
Head of university occupying sort of training place	PUT
It's more frightening needing to be in the barber's seat for longer?	HAIRIER
Mark something of one's ignorance	SIGN
Mischievous child and companion in old city home	URCHIN
Old boy taking Times with inclination to go round as campaigner	LOBBYIST
Part of workshop that is failing	VICE
Pulse in broth getting stirred	THROB
Recognise record getting “Merit” but not “Ace”	DISCERN
Spoke enthusiastically, as one with radical views about Bible	RAVED
The fellow grabbing old garden tool	HOE
The way travelled reportedly	ROAD
Wine difficult for prisoner to drink? No	CHARDONNAY