The Times - Cryptic - November 29 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28147
Clues	Answers
A French coin in Brazil? That's fantastic	UNREAL
Capital this writer's invested in Hollywood setting	LIMA
Champion loses weight? It's part of the target	INNER
Country house and home linked with unknown criminality	VILLAINY
Curse little devil, worried about leisure facility	IMPRECATE
Danger host represented, being self-willed	HEADSTRONG
Duke given job scrapping men's initial distribution	DEPLOYMENT
Fellow member, male, disturbed by current submission	COMPLIANCE
Former pope endlessly touring India's city fringes	EXURBIA
German woman surprisingly has a fur uniform	HAUSFRAU
Greek character in City blockbuster	EPIC
I left school ultimately in poor health	ILL
Instrument on plane, extremely rough in motion?	ALPENHORN
Irritating and spiteful __ not British	ITCHY
Like Rupert, possibly, in old city function	URSINE
Make better preserve, perhaps	CURE
Man or woman primarily obsessed with one's jargon	PATOIS
Midday news covering polo regularly	NOON
Mostly courteous hanger-on joining old Communist committee	POLITBURO
Muscle pigs displayed, moving west	SINEW
Old kingdom beginning to adapt, with thanks to the French	MERCIA
Reportedly travelled with firm, stopping for break here?	ROADHOUSE
Setback star encountered at first, finding plumber's tool	BLOWPIPE
Settings where ecstasy is offered in pubs	LOCALES
Spaniard with a large upper-class Welsh girl	ANDALUSIAN
Split up with hesitation, securing new spouse, perhaps	PARTNER
Starchy tuber a woman raised	YAM
Suffer part of Latin curriculum	INCUR
Threatening sound of cattle crossing English river	LOWERING
Unleavened bread and tea with papa at one	CHAPATI
Vehicle sailor used to collect army medics	TRAMCAR
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Clues	Answers
Antelope born right at the end of season	SPRINGBOK
Area of France featuring in some documentaries	MEDOC
Boredom reining us in from time to time	ENNUI
Detectives carrying around a bug	CICADA
Electrical unit erected inside farmhouse	OHM
Europeans from San Marino, possibly	ROMANIANS
Fail to show up a hairdresser?	come a cropper
Guard spotted protecting both ends of corridor	SCREEN
Less rapid fluid distribution	DISPERSAL
Lops head off plant	ASPHODEL
On camera I prepared a hot drink	AMERICANO
Pipe close to overhead shower	DRAIN
Playful banter is hurtful in time	BADINAGE
Prepare fish? Fresh eels and dace, mostly	DESCALE
Reference book finally abridged	ATLAS
Replacement transport heading north	SUB
Rope caught with skill	CABLE
Rugby player tucked in, devouring a good spread	PROPAGATE
State of heightened activity concerning campaign push	OVERDRIVE
Stolen files ultimately erased	SWIPED
Took horse round for cowboy event	RODEO
Vigorously enjoy vintage footwear?	like old boots
Was hiding in this place, however	WHEREAS
Yellow bird at front of cage	CRAVEN