The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 08 31

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Player is among leaders of our best orchestras today OBOIST
Henry is working to block agent, backing mind-control HYPNOSIS
Waters garden bordering river in curved shape HORSESHOE
Unexpected gains in turn decline for spells windfall profits
Gloomy corner church artist has come in to draw SEPULCHRAL
Everyone turned up when cutting wood in fall COLLAPSE
Queen and King tucking into quiet drink SHERRY
Picture I get by removing a name IMAGE
Charm of funny Belgium mostly attracting English BEGUILE
Letter from nine written in reverse IOTA
One likely to succeed in search for gold PROSPECT
Democrat winning legal round before US two-timing DUPLICITOUS
Assistant forgoing record tax DUTY
Poet, fat and benevolent, neglecting daughters LARKIN
Deft clue I recast is misleading DECEITFUL
Circulating damp polluted air in strange plant-holder TERRARIUM
Green spots in food store leading to no serious comment PLEASANTRY
Sailor in base is capable of working VIABLE
Vegetable, cold and difficult to chew CHARD
Pencil marking circling a line rejected as nonsense BLAH
Attractive forests are finally encountering axes SEXY
Pick source of radioactivity on particle ELECTRON
Called, cancelling start of general preparatory period run-up
An old soldier in being discharged is saying goodbye leave-taking
Animal’s lair found by alien in street SETT
Think about complete tan when swimming CONTEMPLATE
What holds cooking oil, very European? OLIVE
Runs off after snatching coat, to be precise SPLIT HAIRS
Way of working will fill a second book AMOS
Talk about small herb PARSLEY
BIRD NESTING IN HIBISCUS IBIS
Excellent sewer sequestering carbon in damaging fluid ACID RAIN
Strange fatigue besetting millions — what smoking may do FUMIGATE
Lifeless hair? There’s no spring in it DEADLOCK
Catalogue containing old book by political operator LOBBYIST
A piece of cake being raised in a wood BALSA