The Times - Cryptic - August 9 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28364
Clues	Answers
Army head acquires a second scar	CICATRICE
As well it's where a countdown is heading	TOO
Bird's claw regularly in its beak?	MACAW
Brought round again, gunners tired, needing energy to rise	REAWAKENED
Building in garden where a serving of wine is free?	GLASSHOUSE
Expression of revulsion in one heavily criticising carnage	SLAUGHTER
Extra protection on helmet gets one almost cooked	GRILLE
For leader shortly cooked sponge	FREELOAD
Gathering there's no end of damage on tunic	HARVEST
In refurbished inn, a relaxed six-footer	ALEXANDRINE
Inflexible barrier installed by a worker	ADAMANT
Killer insect wife brushed off	ASP
Laughed and shook her hips? Good for wife!	GIGGLED
Like "Hook", say, pronounce the H	ASPIRATE
Most modern part of the US, regularly a vital part	state of the art
Nanny's tender love, coming in to collect daughter	GOATHERD
Observe Albanian money to be back in the frame	SKELETON
One very meticulous stage work	the caretaker
Pattern of cloth vet put on canine perhaps after canine	dog-tooth check
Picked up suitable one to wear fancy raincoat for approval	RATIFICATION
Prompt English journalist to probe possible traitor	SPEEDY
River gets clogged up in sound	STYX
River runs away from country houses	GANGES
Spare time not disguised	OVERT
Spots parent with a clue for resolving	maculae
Unsteady, twisted across wide street	WAVERY
Vanity cases?	EGOS
Wonderful group of friends that takes the longest route round the world	great circle
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2196
Clues	Answers
60 minutes showing no opening for us	OUR
Area covered by second best doctor on a temporary basis	STOPGAP
Border crime dismissive of borders	RIM
Certain sailors appearing with old instrument	ABSOLUTE
Clear evidence of leg injury I had	LIMPID
Crashed bus brought in by worker's partner	HUSBAND
Dreadful, and almost entirely accepted by Liverpudlian, mostly	SCANDALOUS
Father wrapping large boat in insulated coat	PARKA
Frequently become milder after losing head	OFTEN
I'm blocking a friend's ill-feeling	ACRIMONY
Ignorant, like many soldiers about end of operation	UNINFORMED
Information from those on the ground?	low-down
Insect having an insect's tail	ANT
Joint work brought back large animal	HIPPO
Journalist, heading away from hut	HACK
One small particle? In favour of 100	PROTON
Partner is criminal type	CONSORT
Place bedecked in unalloyed imperial colour	PURPLE
Quiet appreciation of music bears fruit	PEAR
Ramshackle Welsh store closing early, offering zero value	WORTHLESS
Relative area reduced by half? Not sure	UNCLEAR
Scandinavian taking in opening of contemporary ballet?	DANCE
Sound of activity in university Her Majesty is going round	HUM
Spooky horse seen around hackney carriage?	MACABRE
Squat bed with end of cover tucked in	CROUCH
Viticulture's rumour mill?	GRAPEVINE