The Times - Cryptic - October 19 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 28425
Clues	Answers
A very small volume of liquid running through highway?	STREAMLET
An eleven with no score __ useless getting worried	ANXIOUS
Approach shortened for Scrooge __ one makes concessions	COMPROMISER
Bigheadedness, energy and drive associated with male model standing up	EGOTISM
Bird to listen to __ the last to fly up!	RHEA
Botched expression that could bring poet harm?	mixed metaphor
Casts off a feeling of melancholy	DUMPS
Cut down on one entrance at back of university	MITIGATE
Disreputable yob, revolutionary for short time	LOUCHE
Eat too much, so dreaming is awful	GORMANDISE
Gang with influence __ one can provide an opening	ring pull
Hail in road briefly	AVE
India's sect, one involved in religious festival	ASCENSIONTIDE
Managed to curtail row	RAN
Meal unchanged? This is the wrapped meal you'll see	packed lunch
Mood of agent encountered on return	TEMPER
Not the brightest __ studies English!	DENSE
Philosophy of the Parisian boxer, seldom lacking guts	DUALISM
President with newspaper backing joining election candidates?	GARFIELD
Remain outside house as one who's faced the cameras again?	RESHOT
Scene finally hidden by coastal fog certainly not the most pleasant	SEAMIEST
See a hesitant drunk get knocked out	ANAESTHETISE
Soldiers in heap __ confusing situation	MORASS
Stuff made from dairy product with no indicator of additives	CRAM
Sweet female who gets in the way	lollipop lady
Sweet talk perhaps to stop with emotions not head restricting chaps	ENDEARMENT
What's gone wrong with lemon, bad fruit	Ogen melon
With devils around, death is threatening	IMPENDS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 2247
Clues	Answers
Accomplice holding ecstasy in backstreet	ALLEY
Address grand with swaying tree	GREET
Agnes went mad in local shop	NEWSAGENT
Among miners, daughter is revealing practice	NUDISM
Bowel in knots — that's a bender!	ELBOW
Bury Football Club?	INTER
Compare lighter alternative	MATCH
Dog has successful treatment, tail removed	CUR
Flatfish occasionally ready	RAY
Gentleman worked with Net or Web	ENTANGLEMENT
Knight reportedly obnoxious and obsequious	SERVILE
Listlessness embodied by drunken nuisance	ENNUI
Manly man backed copper with rank	MASCULINE
Money for an ice cream?	LOLLY
Monstrous woman to advance, shunning PR	OGRESS
Off to get wasted	HIGH
Outlaw needing good report	BANG
Reach church that is in avenue	ACHIEVE
Reluctance to proceed: code left to be cracked	cold feet
Show recent changes in gym	PRETENCE
Smile after tea shows exasperation	CHAGRIN
Stylish ring with wood inlaid	DASHING
Three-pronged weapon one day found in river	TRIDENT
Tory accepts a new church law	CANON
UFO? Clay pigeon perhaps!	flying saucer
Wailing wraith: she's in torment	BANSHEE