The Times - Cryptic - March 31 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28252
Clues	Answers
A large enclosure with standard support for climber	ALPENSTOCK
Berlin quartet worried about possible source of mutton roast	VITUPERATE
Better men succeeded in the Open	OUTDOORS
Books and letters providing material for test	LITMUS
Caribbean island exports what French drink	MARTINI
Cats maybe fight Melody Maker in case	musical box
Company perhaps regularly ruins city centre	UNIT
Con tearaway?	rip-off
Crow runs into trap?	BRAG
Dealer uses this floor	DECK
Echoing submarine captain's signal	OMEN
Fried cakes group returned after game	CROQUETTES
He impedes outside broadcast furore, one blocking streets	OBSTRUCTIONIST
Impressive tango by pianist who's lost weight	TELLING
Medic that's sore in French river mouth	EMBOUCHURE
Old ass, upset, leaves in stew?	OREGANO
One stops weapon test to do with bearings	ARMORIAL
Pass completed scene in film?	OVERTAKE
Playful sketch this, after edit	SKITTISH
Possibly needing a shawl cut?	cold-shouldered
Produce trousers left for rider perhaps	CLAUSE
Property of nobleman with rosy hue, blitzed?	country house
Queen right to take time in finding one of her victims?	MARTYR
Regret one voting against dull head	CONTRITENESS
Send up topless overall	MOCK
Slaver's keener to acquire second of plantations	SLOBBER
Superiority claimed by landed gentry	EDGE
Workers in the dark altered fittings around first hotel, later hospital	night shift
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2103
Clues	Answers
Beer artisan brewed is a problem	BRAINTEASER
Black lagoon swirling in city	BOLOGNA
Cover and centre of magazine in yellow colour	TOPAZ
Crazy artists making medium-hot curry	MADRAS
Enjoyment in pool curtailed	FUN
Fish product around box on river in Kentish Town	ROCHESTER
German siren from tradition that is left over	LORELEI
Good dance party given by police in cemetery	GRAVEYARD
Impulse to stop boy becoming doctor	SURGEON
Judge I see with priest and prophet	ELIJAH
Major artery in Longleat Road to the west	AORTA
Never right, agriculturalist comes to prominence	FAME
Pearls cast before swine finally to deteriorate	RELAPSE
Person who may register twenty runs?	SCORER
Private taxi almost back in one minute, making turn	MINICAB
Roll containing old chicken	ROOSTER
Sailor on street to attack with knife	STAB
Scotsman needing gold in gambling mecca	MACAU
Sinking vessel about to explode	U-boat
Slow boat contrary to expectation capsized	TUB
Stable employee maybe happy, heading off	LAD
There's nothing in Kenilworth	NIL
Thirteen loaves?	bakers dozen
UK decried broken down supplier	eider duck
Vibration caused by roller in good condition?	sound wave
Weapon a lawyer in America ships	ARMADA