The Times - Cryptic - October 17 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28423
Clues	Answers
A French press chief accepts reverse, lacking support	unbacked
American writer, female, Emily Dickinson, for example?	POETESS
Attract newlywed to cross key part of castle, perhaps	DRAWBRIDGE
Bury model, one who intrudes	interposer
Canvas giving trouble after ship crosses river	STAYSAIL
Crazy, awful place __ Brazil may be in it	NUTSHELL
Doctor regales son, showing generosity	LARGESSE
Doddery duke missing from Beds town	UNSTABLE
Exchange views on princess's malediction	DISCUSS
Fish endlessly on island, a Mediterranean one	SARDINIA
Flyer produced by artist during spell in jail	RAINBIRD
Fruit web-footed bird found by touring English rivers	GOOSEBERRY
Group of workers covered by nation's laws	STATUTES
Howl worried upper-class Liberal repeatedly at first	ULULATE
Instrument in Cambridge college keeping in time	CLARINET
Irish girl meeting conservationists, a thorn in the flesh	IRRITANT
Joint ought to be livelier, ultimately	SHOULDER
Knight stopping revision of a mutual description of the Fall?	AUTUMNAL
Lively spirit one observed in little sibling	BRIO
Most ancient member of upper chamber breaking ties	EARLIEST
Reportedly purchase some African lilies primarily for celebration	BIENNIAL
Revolutionary shelter informer provided for marine plant	EELGRASS
S American instrument mostly without a label on	PATAGONIAN
Spineless fish extremely lazy about fighting	COWARDLY
Teaching alphabet including old Greek character	IOTA
Vehicle husband used in wild, uncultivated country	BUSH
Weirdo backing party finally organised dance	ODDBALL
Woman's articles incorporating news	ANNA
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2245
Clues	Answers
A man let rip about law-making authority	PARLIAMENT
Boy, pop singer needs one!	MIKE
Bring up back	REAR
Coins to drop in church	CHANGE
Course travelled, by the sound of it?	ROAD
Fair, when daughter punches devious noble	BLONDE
Feature of poker: not bent	STRAIGHT
Fringe partly trimmed, gently	EDGE
Lid securing head of raw fish	CARP
Measurer for vehicle	PROTRACTOR
Miss something full of rubbish?	SKIP
Open lane used freely	UNSEALED
Presumably easy, raid becoming complicated	i dare say
Purest limits of music playing in band	SPECTRUM
Right behind tablet, a column	PILLAR
Sequence of words for length of time	SENTENCE
Ship rocks on wave	ICEBREAKER
Side of meat cut for baked dish	FLAN
Small rooms where pot goes!	PANTRIES
Snake, police chief?	COPPERHEAD
Sweet thing in fluster over boy	FLAPJACK
That man, creative, friendly and warm	HEARTY
Warning triangle represented	ALERTING
Youth entertained in private engagement	TEEN