The Times - Cryptic - February 7 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28207
Clues	Answers
A bill plugging public vehicles: you can count on them	ABACUSES
Argumentative type runs into manipulator	WRANGLER
Bloomer made by union leader initially entering dump	TULIP
Bovine creature reportedly off, ultimately to Zimbabwean city	BULAWAYO
Bulk of ambassador's son protecting a provider of 1 down	HEAVINESS
Complaint jointly suffered by scrubbers, perhaps?	housemaids knee
Disney film buff cheers one in South Africa	FANTASIA
Eminent man's cry of surprise about foreign currency	GRANDEE
European king wearing anorak	GREEK
Even though I put in wager, a learner comes first	ALBEIT
Expecting win, they may fail badly	in the family way
Festivity a habitual convict upset	GALA
Flattering article penned by a mostly uninspiring politician	ADULATORY
Grape originally acclaimed by jazz fan with degree	CATAWBA
He rates sport wrongly __ it's way above us!	STRATOSPHERE
It's a girl's sort of paper	TISSUE
Like wizened old men in the fourth row	LINED
Lover shortly meeting a sailor from the East	INAMORATA
Medieval horse, black, with three feet?	BAYARD
Not quite the way to put to flight!	ROUT
Person of high birth stealing Italian poet's heart	ARISTO
Remains of cake grew mouldy	WRECKAGE
Sailors reportedly spot bishops, say, on board	SEAMEN
Say more than anyone else__ to the greatest degree	UTTERMOST
Stated reason French writer briefly creates heraldic beast	WYVERN
Student's notes on boy king	TUTEE
Toe-curling jewellery item found in church: value unknown	CRINGEWORTHY
Traitor in Paris who attracts support	QUISLING
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2065
Clues	Answers
A bird shielded by friend, protective	PATERNAL
Aim a pistol originally confiscated by father	ASPIRE
Ain't my checks free? One's on the house!	chimney stack
Book details initially lost	ACTS
Celebrity initially fooling around, musical entertainer	FAME
Comprehensive recalling MBA fails	all-embracing
Conference remains unusual	SEMINAR
Creative genius tucked into bed, is one?	EDISON
Crooked stamp on, he delivers	POSTMAN
Exam's ultimate test, right?	MORAL
Great message about legal position, right	CONSIDERABLE
Healthy source of water	WELL
List covering old bird	ROOSTER
Mean to put in suits for poetry, music, etc	fine arts
Nepalese phrase translated	SHERPA
Noted treatment that might make US mate chirpy	music therapy
Number playing around in nets, cutting 50 per cent	NINE
Point in dissertation or theorem	NORTH
Punching marked	STRIKING
Shocking film, possibly, that's served up at Christmas?	TURKEY
Simple flier, we hear?	PLAIN
Standard beginning to slip in average cheese	PARMESAN
Two people behind bishop	BRACE
Weapon injured young woman	CUTLASS