The Times - Cryptic - December 1 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28149
Clues	Answers
Dumpy, small, unfortunate: close to collapse inside	SHAPELESS
Gardens conveyed in painting __ Appian's first	ARBORETA
Good Scottish man to avoid French island cruise?	guided missile
Hound someone to set situation straight?	RETRIEVER
Husband to Mathilde perhaps housing old south sea islander	MAORI
Instrument getting fish on line	string bass
Land granted that is held between two forces	FIEF
Learner driver on two wheels for convenience?	LOO
Little son carrying weight	SMATTERING
Lover that was hardly hunky offers excuse	EXPLAIN
Measure in sections bending rule time and time again	TRIANGULATE
Noble philosopher denying Trinity at the end	ARISTO
Note in Rule Ten wrong about competition at court	lawn tennis
Nothing took effect in late news report	OBIT
Old man should cover chest in something warm	PARKA
One leaving whole sheep's heart in dish	ENTREE
Peers slam old report that's recycled	lords temporal
Physicist at last uncovered huge gravitational force	TUG
Powerful symbol used regularly in mezangelle	EAGLE
Queen playing Free Bird in six counties?	NEFERTITI
Ridicules flowers bought at the weekend?	SATIRISES
Sailor introduced to African as believer in free will	LIBERTARIAN
Spanish runner clutches at relationship	RATIO
Spirit level in a mine brought to one working	APPARITION
Stone work filling in wall	OPAL
Traveller involved primarily in china and metal	CHROMIUM
Welcome account __ one saying little about India	ACCLAIM
Wrongdoer renouncing evil __ that's pointless	VAIN
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2017
Clues	Answers
At the outset friendly and tactful with girl's Dad	FATHER
Be captivated by songbird in this region	TIBET
Bet against unprofessional song	LAY
Blooming team! Not yet in!	OUTSIDE
Composure of model touring India	POISE
Correct manner needing rewrite of tweet? Quite — not woke at first	ETIQUETTE
Couple seen in Fort Worth	TWO
Entertainer's routine including leading pairs from Rome ballet	ACROBAT
Feel a spa boss is spinning old tales from Greece	aesops fables
Flush, no end, wager disreputable guy is one who travels a lot	GLOBETROTTER
Happening to use an imperial measure of length	AFOOT
Having brought Yankee in, locate exotic follower	ACOLYTE
Learned one ultimately insulting about Information Technology	ERUDITE
Love street full of comic potential? It won't fly!	OSTRICH
Marker at sea young lad picked up	BUOY
Maybe describing line, done by Dorothy and Edward?	DOTTED
One on rink maybe, sister, hugging Catherine	SKATER
One visiting California, the French Republican	CALLER
Physical Training incorporating popular drink	PINT
Publicize policy for carrier	AIRLINE
Ready to fight call that is about function	BELLICOSE
Rose writes beer off	SWEETBRIER
Self-willed boss, wrong to see wife as saint?	HEADSTRONG
Silly person that would expect real profits initially!	TWERP