The Times - Cryptic - June 29 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28329
Clues	Answers
A crust to eat __ old woman digests it, on reflection	GRATIN
Bachelor, one savouring of scandal __ but not this crime?	BIGAMY
Change properties of article, clamping set of teeth round	DENATURE
Colleague in gold rush at first an enthusiast	AMATEUR
Day-long, reeds regularly dropped into the sea	DITCHED
Delivery for doorman	BOUNCER
Extra for mortgage raised in review of platoon	top-up loan
Foolishly touches the cat: take out the flannel	cut to the chase
Foreign priest moves infant's head back	ABBE
German book by an author from Scotland	BUCHAN
Had nice duty to broadcast, as historian	THUCYDIDEAN
It fixes stage up	GEL
Kitchen worker's opportunity to return pieces of advice	TURNSPIT
Lack of a taxi upset philosopher	BACON
Little island that could stun the world?	ROCKALL
Offa for one was stirring cream in	MERCIAN
One that can't stand half-hearted party host	HATER
Paper towel covers tramp	DRIFTER
Poor whiskey strained	WRETCHED
Rears footballers, entertaining team	BACKSIDES
Said “Repent!” to reform street walker	PEDESTRIAN
Short skirt brings disapproving expression	TUT
Shut up in one way before being put in the earth	CLOISTERED
State's job not finished with excessive enthusiasm	TASMANIA
Steal from the Prado? Not a Goya, certainly	abstract art
To swim said to be the alternative to this depression	SINK
Tom informally watched you	SAWYER
Unconvincing sort of reasoning by judges in official bulletin	court circular
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2167
Clues	Answers
A French broadcast covering football, primarily, not cricket!	UNFAIR
A study occupied by posh poet	AUDEN
Bit of sunshine right before a day's end	RAY
Comedian's act is run-of-the-mill	ROUTINE
Comprehensive information on Morecambe, perhaps	GENERIC
Compulsive complaining about party's leader	GRIPPING
Cooked steak and fish	SKATE
Dissenting voters reportedly making beastly noises	NEIGHS
English politician gatecrashes trial, creating a commotion	TEMPEST
Fine plan yet to be arranged	PENALTY
Get very angry and have computers, etc taken away?	lose it
Irritating and spiteful, but not at first	ITCHY
Likelihood of school brochure not featuring us	PROSPECT
Live next to a field	AREA
Mexican snack requires some spinach, occasionally	NACHO
Not precious about bringing charges	PROSECUTION
Old man presented with extremely pretty flower	POPPY
One million quid put under lock and key	IMPOUND
One with a nest egg __ or pennies, possibly	PENSIONER
Plate set out with no meal	POLENTA
Police officer expressly aiming to avoid responsibility	cop out
Prints made by Hogarth pop out crisply in the middle	PHOTOGRAPHS
Problem causes you harm, always at the end	SUM
Segment on the radio, still	PEACE
The piano I ordered from somewhere in Africa	ETHIOPIAN
Type of diet you abandoned early, repeatedly!	yo-yo