The Times Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2022 08 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
One small particle? In favour of 100 PROTON
Relative area reduced by half? Not sure UNCLEAR
Area covered by second best doctor on a temporary basis STOPGAP
Frequently become milder after losing head OFTEN
VANITY CASES? EGOS
Border crime dismissive of borders RIM
Extra protection on helmet gets one almost cooked GRILLE
Ramshackle Welsh store closing early, offering zero value WORTHLESS
Partner is criminal type CONSORT
Insect having an insect’s tail ANT
Killer insect wife brushed off ASP
Spare time not disguised OVERT
Prompt English journalist to probe possible traitor SPEEDY
Bird’s claw regularly in its beak? MACAW
In refurbished inn, a relaxed six-footer ALEXANDRINE
Sound of activity in university Her Majesty is going round HUM
Joint work brought back large animal HIPPO
River runs away from country houses GANGES
For leader shortly cooked sponge FREELOAD
Viticulture’s rumour mill? GRAPEVINE
Ignorant, like many soldiers about end of operation UNINFORMED
Army head acquires a second scar CICATRICE
60 minutes showing no opening for us OUR
Scandinavian taking in opening of contemporary ballet? DANCE
Journalist, heading away from hut HACK
Laughed and shook her hips? Good for wife! GIGGLED
Crashed bus brought in by worker’s partner HUSBAND
Brought round again, gunners tired, needing energy to rise REAWAKENED
Picked up suitable one to wear fancy raincoat for approval RATIFICATION
As well it’s where a countdown is heading TOO
Place bedecked in unalloyed imperial colour PURPLE
Dreadful, and almost entirely accepted by Liverpudlian, mostly SCANDALOUS
Nanny’s tender love, coming in to collect daughter GOATHERD
Clear evidence of leg injury I had LIMPID
Quiet appreciation of music bears fruit PEAR
River gets clogged up in sound STYX
I’m blocking a friend’s ill-feeling ACRIMONY
Building in garden where a serving of wine is free? GLASSHOUSE
Expression of revulsion in one heavily criticising carnage SLAUGHTER
Spooky horse seen around hackney carriage? MACABRE
Unsteady, twisted across wide street WAVERY
Inflexible barrier installed by a worker ADAMANT