The Times - Cryptic - August 11 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28366
Clues	Answers
Before request, take off a little winter covering	ski mask
Charm shown by publication __ new version of Times	MAGNETISM
Confession of follower heard to get slap	eye shadow
Crime, but not of dodgy dealer	FENCE
Cryptic indication of red potato	King Edward
Forces newbie into ill-fated action the wrong way	CADET
Good school subject to follow in French class	GENRE
Guarantee to lose right result	ENSUE
He questionably claims penny on being given cash	PRETENDER
In front of monarch, blow kiss	SMACKER
It increases volume of e.g. a diamond around ring	MEGAPHONE
It looks like this __ foreign character oddly missing clothes	minus sign
Keen on drinking whiskey, thus something may get broken?	in two
Leader of police stops mastermind leaving home? He made many busts	EPSTEIN
Modernist's material coming from the east	ELIOT
No bores providing film's opening shot	in-off
Novel, revolutionary trouble for old ruler	MIKADO
Officer, before mass trouble in the rear, does my job	COMPILES
One having basic craft for a bit of carpentry	RAFTER
Penning front part, I prepare the ground for story	IVANHOE
Perhaps school bags always very hot	FEVERISH
Person who digs up scripture about deity	MINERVA
Polish area of pan, vessel that's overturned	KRAKOW
Poor area by Rio? Preferred North American city	FAVELA
President hasn't finished drink	CHAI
Sky features return of popular doctor, upright character	NIMBI
Strike idiots on behind	down tools
Supervisor for hunting a bird in green space	game warden
Surviving tours United left jubilant	EXULTANT
Unripped condition of letter	rent-free
Without hesitation, king and queen hate peeled fruit	KUMQUAT
York, say, has no hotel, but it does feature this	OUSE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2198
Clues	Answers
A nobleman has penned conclusion of epic story	ACCOUNT
American alongside bottom row	RUMPUS
Arrogant person out of bed before dawn	UPSTART
Boastful conversation: hang up	GAS
Callous __ as Humpty Dumpty might have been?	hard-boiled
Club chauffeur	DRIVER
Deceitful probably, inglorious hosts	LYING
First of six lives for sibling	SIS
Goad visible, it's said?	INCITE
Italian food carried by gang, as a lawyer recalled	LASAGNA
Journalist caught in disturbance, weakening	REDUCTION
Maestro left in fury when shown up	ELGAR
Make sense finally during case	CREATE
Notion, one almost gone	IDEA
Payment securing a track lifted for film	FEATURE
Philosopher in audible whisper?	RUSSELL
Red edges in fleece	CRIMSON
Show salesman envy	REPRESENT
Signal where trade insubstantial	traffic light
Small measure previously containing uranium	OUNCE
Top mimic ending on box	APEX
Upset, trainees do it badly	DISORIENTATE
Wind instrument silent, with cracks	tin whistle
Wobbly right, measure round waist	GIRTH