The Times - Cryptic - February 4 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28205
Clues	Answers
A squad lacks top assistant	AIDE
Avoiding river, lug a spruce cut for roof support	CARYATID
Band close to hand look out retro pieces	WATCHSTRAP
Bowl over during Test, unsuccessfully	STUN
British PM's never-ending conflict	BATTLE
Clare's town bishop stops unlikely missile in court	tennis ball
Describe coming across the fourth cousin perhaps	RELATIVE
Dispatch mostly words on passing data unit	KILOBIT
Fairly new ascetics commandeering a foreign hospital	YOUNGISH
First light note pad turns up	DAWN
Former nurse to make bigger offer	EXTEND
Go off regularly on time, always at the start	ROT
Indestructible cross nicked from outside	ETERNAL
Islam and he are intricately connected	ISHMAEL
Jumper possibly plunging?	v-neck
Lines inserted in successful work The Crown	HILLTOP
Minor interruption in service permitted	LET
Not all red beans, say, are revolting	REPULSE
Nothing separating boy and girl's principles	PHILOSOPHY
One interacted awkwardly with the French, agreeing this?	entente cordiale
One leading tributes to expert quietly leaves	TOASTMASTER
One waking you in inept hotels in error?	TELEPHONIST
Peace-keepers object, arresting family regardless	UNTHINKING
Personal possessions put away at right time in smallest room	private property
Spoils excessively large reels	LOOT
Studied minor report first, gawping	POPEYED
Top-class police once heading up church court	CURIA
Trained tree to climb, ignoring one setback	RELAPSE
Venison supplier, born in Brussels, housed in Gibraltar?	ROEBUCK
Youth keen to grasp German finally after half term	TEENAGER
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2064
Clues	Answers
A measure of work in a lot of organs	man-years
Allow George at first to sound off	GRANT
Berliner for one rejected colourful herb	GERMANDER
Cooking hot flan? Absolutely!	not half
Earnestly request quiet bit of sunshine	PRAY
Everything British in miniature chest of drawers	TALLBOY
Farm animals head off for crop	OATS
Feeble few days broadcasting	WEAK
Fellow broadcasters with new entertainer	COMEDIAN
Finish tidily, part of competition being cancelled	round off
Has a try to repair saucer	ASHTRAY
Knock it back __ healthy drink	TISANE
Lose years, dreadfully idle	YIELD
One broadcasting is walking here with delight?	on air
Out of order, so he put a sock in it!	SHOE
Part of Joan’s circle?	ARC
Pearl here maybe made up story about English	OYSTER
Pointed remarks about a party island	BARBADOS
Pretended to be encouraged, wasting time	SIMULATED
Really great to embrace peace at last	HUGE
Remind one young lady to be lavish	PRODIGAL
Showing rashness, I must abandon car at a big town	AUDACITY
Small coin not quite enough for broth	SOU
Subdued, being married together	COWED
The cheek of judge, a wise old bird	JOWL
Ugly skin, old, on us	HIDEOUS