The Times - Cryptic - December 8 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28155
Clues	Answers
Black just capturing a learner's castle	BALMORAL
Character marking spot by fire __ it resists heat	PYREX
Colour of smock chap uncovered	MOCHA
Curried pimento wraps a possible cause of illness	PTOMAINE
Cut one blood-drenched knight	IGNORE
Dastardly so-and-so cutting long time lapses	ERRATA
Dirty like certain lakes?	TARNISH
Drink tea that's picked up and then mostly shelved	TONIC
Hindu deity turning round old boat	AVISO
It's surprising I don't know what leaves eater gutted	CORER
Least wise place to keep eggs	INANEST
Little known about revolutionaries seizing queen	RECHERCHE
Middle Eastern king's about to be welcomed by pair from Rome	ISRAELI
Noticeably beginning to stick one's tongue in Shiraz	FARSI
Old relative to bind broken knee in cloth	NANKEEN
One smearing last of teriyaki dish into both hands	LIBELLER
Play time cut, with Italian team past its best	the winters tale
Quietly coming between factionally divided vets	INSPECTS
Repeat son's garbled, unnatural lingo	ESPERANTO
Ruler abroad forbidding endless revel	ROISTER
Someone other than me about to tour pitch where Arsenal play	ISLINGTON
Starter, perhaps, or where you might find one	COURSE
Substitute one fabric with a more decorative one	REPLACE
Suddenly pedestrian in English city sent back summons	BATHETIC
Threaten to drive around capital of Rhode Island	IMPERIL
Trade farthings or shillings?	EXCHANGE
Uptight sailor and Parisian to go home with a stage star	prima ballerina
Victor in easy position giving a wave	sine curve
We hear this person shows happiness in a glance	eye-beam
With heavy metal cladding, fear collapsing building	PREFAB
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2023
Clues	Answers
American nut exercises about noon	PECAN
Atmospheric flow pattern, neatly conic in circulation	ANTICYCLONE
Big cat is company, a sweet thing __ but not small	COUGAR
Change over hands, right to left	SWAP
Charm one’s way in?	ENTRANCE
Conservative supporter keeping millions coolly	CALMLY
Copier under pressure in exam	PAPER
Fizzy drink for father	POP
Half expected learner to drive out	EXPEL
Joined English National Opera on retirement	ONE
Joshing in bar, they’re regularly ignored	BANTER
Keep quiet with book	PRESERVE
King perhaps wants an end to hostilities declared	PIECE
Like older buildings with fancy oriels round either side of window	low-rise
Material for roofing the little church over there?	THATCH
Not all red lentils, say, cause aversion	REPULSE
One feeling for insect in a number trapped by girl	ANTENNA
Several new among reds, say, with sulphur and appealing quality	WINSOMENESS
Spot beer, getting round in	POINT
Stomach for eating rubbish	TRIPE
Study printed work and background	CONTEXT
Support pageant or plays	PATRONAGE
Swimmer dealt a blow in flank	WHITING
Take advantage of exit poll almost being wrong	EXPLOIT
What may be seen in one area close by	NEAR
Wild growth in free line dance	CELANDINE