The Times - Cryptic - August 28 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27128
Clues	Answers
Calming English gang girl that is not without heart	EMOLLIENT
Charge bishop, one about to board hired car	TAXICAB
City fathers ultimately suspend drunk by word of mouth	SHANGHAI
Cooler condition	NICK
Discharge right hand man originally supporting group of nations	RHEUM
Dog beginning to bark at high fence	BOXER
Express view about gangster being shot?	OPALINE
Flare-up brought about by so much French spirit?	TANTRUM
Illustrator’s profile finally framed by retired singer	TENNIEL
Left port, carrying heavy cargo	LADEN
Message following drivers over crossroads	CARFAX
More confident old men Bede converted	EMBOLDENED
No male friend accepts resistance, as a rule	NORMALLY
Old college tutor’s initial robbery, one believes	POLYTHEIST
Part of glacier one notes during visit	ice-fall
Plant soundly identified by groups of sheep or birds	PHLOX
Plant woman found around ridge of land	MACHINERY
Play featuring singer in a duel, oddly	LATITUDE
Poet’s current way to receive bearers of gifts	IMAGIST
Possessing nothing, difficult to stockpile!	HOARD
Quick-witted character on the staff	SHARP
Reportedly track and creep up on wading bird	STORK
Risk associated with large part of church	CHANCEL
Rule about marine mammal crossing this coastal defence	SEAWALL
Satan’s chief aim, ensnaring frail innocents, primarily	arch-fiend
Second best way to attract attention?	SCREAM
Showing forbearance, as 28 could be?	LENIENT
Slam former partner consumed by TV soap, so to speak?	EXCORIATE
Source of information, perhaps: one rejected by Brecht’s collaborator	WELL
Take back park __ Liberal’s first intention	RECLAIM
Unusual beard, even for a poet somewhere in Scotland	ABERDEEN
Welcoming knight, Gael possibly made obeisance	KNELT
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1166
Clues	Answers
Arrest chemist that’s turned out to be source of dropped needles	christmas tree
Cast a spell on the way in	ENTRANCE
Dated old boy with exclusive perfume	OBSOLESCENT
Don’t allow animal doctor round	VETO
Flag hanging with knight for days	PENNANT
Group arriving together in hotel put cost up	OCTUPLET
Hairstyle for a revolutionary	AFRO
I pinch coils made up for part of electronic circuit	silicon chip
Irishman perhaps leads Church of England spiritualist meeting	SEANCE
Light exercises taken in by sailor	TAPER
Little success finding what ignited chip oil?	flash in the pan
Nearly trapped in Malmo street	ALMOST
Put back rubbish American doughnut	TORUS
Question run badly arrives at wrong conclusion	non sequitur
Real big name turned up in story	TANGIBLE
Regular social occasion finished early	EVEN
Resistance cutting charge for services no longer fixed	FREE
Rich German loaf, left out, is pinched	STOLEN
Strong influence of one politician on some legislation	IMPACT
Travel with small fur, girl __ that can’t be wrong	gospel truth
Where one might get a train for a queen?	VICTORIA
Where young offenders went to drill endlessly, mostly looking tired?	BORSTAL