The Times - Cryptic - July 18 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28345
Clues	Answers
About to get brief details	INFO
Awfully energetic around a relative	great-niece
Charm __ it's missing from cocktail	MOJO
Cheap pub to bring in wicked blokes ahead of time	bargain-basement
Computers from the French, a thousand at most	DESKTOPS
Drink knocked back before working is a spirit	DAEMON
Employed to secure luck, like a horseshoe	u-shaped
Farm sector loses leader	RANCH
Half-heartedly holding back cool old city	STALINGRAD
High-risk entertaining the queen's court	CHANCERY
Mixing up Torah and Bible creates a bewildering situation	rabbit hole
Music style picked up pop jargon	PARLANCE
Nag with repeated notes read aloud	gee-gee
Need to change prime minister	EDEN
Old wood put on walls of library	ELDERLY
Paper with unfinished petition, for instance	EXAMPLE
Ran with Del Boy, perhaps, almost getting diamonds	TROTTED
Rewritten epistle torn open __ you won't like what it says!	poison-pen letter
Rider's shout of joy suppressing a scream	CHARIOTEER
Rookie footballer is an employee of course!	GREENKEEPER
Room in northern Surrey to wander	NURSERY
Rubbish bit of needlework?	TAT
Scottish town's broadcast on the radio	AYR
Slowly advanced over top of obstacle	LENTO
Tom, say, catches nude show	CABARET
Treaty port nearly covering up chaos	ENTROPY
Unhelpful instruction for conserving something?	USELESS
Unlimited wine for chap in Cologne?	HERR
Vocally expresses disapproval of sailors' drunken voyage	booze cruise
Witches put a strain on city	COVENTRY
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2180
Clues	Answers
“The greatest” so-called country without leader	ALI
Able to look forward, reinspect changes	PRESCIENT
African country I rate built by queen	ERITREA
Aim of driver, quite some distance?	FAIRWAY
Apostle endlessly touring dead flat land	PLATEAU
Cage up-ended into it, clumsy	INEPT
Dip toe in Hampshire river	TEST
Edges on specific frilled collar for back of neck	SCRUFF
Fish reeked	SMELT
Get into ground, Milan team	INTER
Grown-up holding a service, finally __ worship	ADULATE
Herb stood before queen	ROSEMARY
Hit twice, your health!	chin-chin
Keen to have first of automobiles taken out of country	HUNGRY
Missing head, slender dart	ARROW
More Artex plastered	EXTRA
One applauding directors __ one of those on film set?	CLAPPERBOARD
One kept in receptacle, old instrument	PIANO
One of the cats, each with the cuckoo	CHEETAH
Picture in my attic getting exhibited, initially	IMAGE
Something black that's so long, shortened	TAR
Tidying mop up, trim unplanned	IMPROMPTU
Vessel that has a gold tap, short	AORTA
What babies need: rest before food	NAPPIES
Wife as old as us imbibing cider primarily __ confidence gained from that?	dutch courage
Work in shop usually	OPUS