The Times - Cryptic - December 9 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2022
Clues	Answers
A number backing an alliance	AXIS
Assume a token is dodgy	take on
Bride's outfit in her partner's changing area?	dressing room
Business expense that's up in the air?	OVERHEAD
Can turning over tool identify tiny problems?	NITPICK
Chaps beginning to understand list of options	MENU
Don't catch fish, reportedly, and lose	MISPLACE
Embrace European partner	ESPOUSE
Fancy medal or noble title	EARLDOM
Get back __ revere it awkwardly	RETRIEVE
Got lineages sorted, supported primarily for these folks?	GENEALOGISTS
Is consumed by a requirement for herbal product	ANISEED
Leave some complex items	EXIT
Limb stuck in man's piece of clothing	GARMENT
Mist hides head of rare animal	FROG
National history, perhaps	SUBJECT
Polish bottom of heavy gemstone	RUBY
Prepare to rent piece of jewellery	BRACELET
Pub had some food __ that's natural	INNATE
Redcoat is dancing, 1920s style!	art deco
Renovate bogus lawn for houses	BUNGALOWS
Saint to encourage doctor	SURGEON
Scoundrels held up this celebrity	STAR
Strangely endearing cocktail ingredient	GRENADINE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28156
Clues	Answers
A warmer nest has to be configured to accommodate ten birds	manx shearwaters
AA might be travelling around country	the gambia
Bad girl admitting crime, finally banned	ILLEGAL
Behind river, exposed fish	sea trout
Change, say, when meeting old, trusted friend	alter ego
Church article samples particular buildings for worship	chantries
Comedian gets someone to attract punters to show	BARKER
Composer leaves meal unfinished	SUPPE
David's father's making straps for falconers	JESSES
Ensure no hint of tittle-tattle spreading!	entre nous
Explain tricks, having got honest	CONSTRUE
Explorer gets cold thigh going over steppe maybe	CHAMPLAIN
Fast runner briefly interrupted by a fog	HAAR
Fatter as a result of beer __ pounds one’s hiding	PORTLIER
Fly away after using this spray?	insect repellent
Get lost regularly going round that French city	LYONS
Happen to be in crowd at game?	TURNOUT
Lazy type’s beginning to change, making money	KRONE
More than one flier cries with energy in decline	SHRIKES
Native of cold territory, one descending, having crossed mountain to the west	LAPLANDER
One party has a grip on my part of America	IDAHO
Participant in match, heading off for journey	RIDE
Pass or failure?	LAPSE
Raid, circumventing commercial security device creating obstruction	ROADBLOCK
Roman Catholic father starting register	PAPALIST
See a hundred relations making time for private drink	lock-in
Speculate about time these folk may arrive for dinner	GUESTS
Suddenly gets angry in front of sexy picture	SNAPSHOT
Thus top politician conveys his dishonest argument	SOPHISM
Victorian essayist's half-hearted idle chat?	PATER