The Times - Cryptic - October 7 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28102
Clues	Answers
Assess girl delayed securing entrance to university	EVALUATE
Basil, perhaps __ or some other boy	HERB
Blow one’s top: dash off article, appending name	fly off the handle
Continue tediously, knowing it’s a predatory insect	DRAGONFLY
Displace universal expert on Holy Writ	UPROOT
Ingredient of salad and stew carers prepared	WATERCRESS
Itch to join club keeping old ship’s vessel	LONGBOAT
King showing displeasure when friend interrupts motor sport	RALLYCROSS
Last of crops I see in storage tower	SILO
Machine husband’s left running in the Odeon, for example?	CINEMA
Musical craftsman, poet, dramatist and novelist	oliver goldsmith
Part of generator seasoned soldiers set up first	ARMATURE
Part of target, collecting music for ball	outswinger
Peacekeepers given supply of coal, perhaps showing no appreciation	UNGRATEFUL
Period of abstinence for firm	FAST
Petty playing about involving third of set	FOOTLING
Resinous substance the Spanish give out endlessly	ELEMI
Sail bark regularly, wearing bowler	SPINNAKER
Sail in yacht originally housed by Dahl briefly	ROYAL
Scholar possibly? That’s open to speculation	ACADEMIC
Shape of a London hospital mentioned in speech	GUISE
Silly old man at end of track?	BUFFER
Sketch protégé brought from the East	DRAW
Student finally visiting teacher in jail	STIR
Tactful Native American in western half of region	DISCREET
Transport Tom hired, right for a month in Paris once	THERMIDOR
Trendy way one student mostly identifies academy	INSTITUTE
Unprotected, ultimately bitten by a sheep fly	NAKED
Warm up again before missing first qualifying round	REHEAT
Worry about being taken in by daily	FRET
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1978
Clues	Answers
A visitor from Edinburgh, say, in Berkshire town	ASCOT
Arachnid runs underneath piano in bank	SPIDER
Disorganised carpool is a sight to see in Athens	ACROPOLIS
Elected tyrant, not the first time? That’s a sign	INDICATOR
Enough to taste? Not initially	AMPLE
Finished source of mutton before one serving of ham	PASTRAMI
Flying vehicle on flight, finally, for Mars?	PLANET
Forestall reduced group of countries	BLOC
I’m leading a lot of constables to capture it? Unwise	IMPOLITIC
Irrational character had gone wrong in the topic	mad hatter
Literary giant ruined pursuing legal action	LITIGANT
Looking peculiar in soccer gear? Every chance!	short odds
Matt rages after changing plan	STRATAGEM
Measure of importance under the mistletoe?	pecking order
Money fool returned	TIN
One opposing article returned it	ANTI
One trap set around river still	INERT
Pacific islands are home to small spicy dish	SAMOSA
Pet fur has nothing removed	CAT
Road vehicle adopted by one American guy involved in fatal flight	ICARUS
Sign of gratitude, having supplied skill	TALENT
Spot mature time of feeble-mindedness	DOTAGE
Variety of top celestial or astronomical event	total eclipse
Youngster I start to lecture?	PUPIL