The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 12 28

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Tried to speak in crowd HERD
What making love spontaneously is doing for sporty pair boxing gloves
Writer joining a large sort of colony PENAL
A cereal and fruit ACORN
Attraction leads to great, long-lasting romance GLAMOUR
Cold space, we’re told RHEUM
Demanding part of process consumes energy STEEP
Go and settle around California golden state
Happy nurse, say, almost off duty CAREFREE
Huge salaries ultimately swallowed up by tax VAST
Not looking forward to days studying DREADING
Pose as one individual in couple IMPERSONATE
Quashes issue from a previous relationship? STEPSON
Current politician played a role and had influence IMPACTED
Ace air cadets, possibly circling island and body of water ADRIATIC SEA
While away in resort innate bias may appear IN ABSENTIA
One advising me to start to relax around noon MENTOR
Ruin satellite reception here DISH
Risk failure, having excelled in America in courage push ones luck
Power in Spooner to convert inmates here OPEN PRISON
Miser’s choice for going on ice? CHEAPSKATE
Extremely reclusive mammal is close again RESEAL
High-level connection brigadier organised air bridge
Grand reception at small hotel a novelty INNOVATION
Rucksack carried by climber, generally BERGEN
Attractive girl caught you texting a link CUTIE
Rickety train touring a European city TIRANA
A little software distributed round vehicle, one proverbially unstable APPLE CART
Papers maybe left alongside entrance to executive lounge IDLE
Turn out always on time EVERT
Afternoon paper? EXAM
Tears flowing about man and woman THERESA
A driving hazard, in two ways MIST
Like motorist’s hi-fi: not right for an ancient person INCA
To plagiarise writer is out of bounds CRIB
A medic seen regularly at a queue for hormone ADRENALINE
Coins but not notes? HARD CURRENCY
They drew roars, flying around? RED ARROWS
Shadowed, holding gun, and got dangerously close TAILGATED