The Times - Cryptic - January 3 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28177
Clues	Answers
After a week minor perhaps gets bolshie	AWKWARD
Autocrat has to abandon singular repository	DEPOT
Bloke in pub, backsliding __ after this treatment?	REHAB
Cast stand up for rubbish collector	DUSTPAN
Converted cardinal hosts society correspondent	NEWSMAN
Crack band with no name	GAG
Distort way fighter appears	WARPLANE
Doctor works with unknown fluid problem	DROPSY
Favourite staff all got up in gold, ready for OPEC?	PETRODOLLAR
Finish off looking round classy creature on bed	sea urchin
German city contracted one mate working for it?	MUNICIPAL
Grovel, offering punch and whiskey to wife	KOWTOW
I'm surprised there are no tips on exclusive	COO
In military, captain’s first __ plus handsome escort	arm candy
Is US aviation pioneer able to abandon British watersport?	CANOEING
Malagasy native's refurbished centre	TENREC
Marshal Ney was ready for the first item in his diary?	new years day
Mike and others argue about face of kroner that could be forged	METALWORK
New rock producer's refreshing vocal number	VOLCANO
Northern swimmer Jack sent round extract from Moby-Dick?	BALEEN
Notice doctor cuddling new arrival	ADVENT
Obsessive is, say, pointing up a source of relief	ANALGESIA
Organ needing repairs every so often	EAR
Overdraft in wobbly organisation's a setback	body blow
PIN's missing a zero	NIL
Prophetic RC HQ ejects a nun finally	VATIC
Secure cheeky child the Spanish firework upset	IMPREGNABLE
Speech lauding record year under Brussels	EULOGY
Spirit bottle regularly found in enclosure	POTEEN
The sixth queen raised capital	VIENNA
Token beer knocked back in old ship in Orkney, say	ARCHIPELAGO
Track dog crossing river	TRAIL
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2040
Clues	Answers
"Been curd" menu got wrong __ not checked	UNENCUMBERED
Carriage catch with gold on	LANDAU
Ceremony set down on paper as it is said	RITE
Champion in speed contest losing lead	ACE
Childish anger follows regular helpings of prunes	PUERILE
Clergyman is after English builder	ERECTOR
Definitely not odd temperature leading to incident	EVENT
Gallery disposing of European rubbish	TAT
Illegal use of force breaking down exit __ or not?	EXTORTION
Irritation card game is cut short	PIQUE
It follows the herd up street, first of all	THUS
Not in favour of a City way when grasping profit	AGAINST
Perhaps survey and search island on new river in Yorkshire	QUESTIONNAIRE
Poison remedy includes stripped bark	CURARE
Really don’t look forward to days with book, say	DREAD
Reshuffled minister is on break	INTERMISSION
Right person of brilliance to lead directors	STARBOARD
Run small van for living in on holiday	SCAMPER
Short trip that is taken after class	SORTIE
The man’s getting time for robbery	HEIST
The woman gets warm in cover	SHEATHE
Uncovered text, both nice and strange	EXOTIC
We finally give thought to cutting dance for greater number	PREPONDERANCE
With no way of proving age, is not taken out	UNDATED