The Times Cryptic puzzle clues 2021 Dec 08

• A number backing an alliance Crossword Clue
• Assume a token is dodgy Crossword Clue
• Black just capturing a learner's castle Crossword Clue
• Bride's outfit in her partner's changing area? Crossword Clue
• Business expense that's up in the air? Crossword Clue
• Can turning over tool identify tiny problems? Crossword Clue
• Chaps beginning to understand list of options Crossword Clue
• Character marking spot by fire — it resists heat Crossword Clue
• Colour of smock chap uncovered Crossword Clue
• Curried pimento wraps a possible cause of illness Crossword Clue
• Cut one blood-drenched knight Crossword Clue
• Dastardly so-and-so cutting long time lapses Crossword Clue
• Dirty like certain lakes? Crossword Clue
• Don't catch fish, reportedly, and lose Crossword Clue
• Drink tea that's picked up and then mostly shelved Crossword Clue
• Embrace European partner Crossword Clue
• Fancy medal or noble title Crossword Clue
• Get back — revere it awkwardly Crossword Clue
• Got lineages sorted, supported primarily for these folks? Crossword Clue
• Hindu deity turning round old boat Crossword Clue
• Is consumed by a requirement for herbal product Crossword Clue
• It's surprising I don't know what leaves eater gutted Crossword Clue
• Least wise place to keep eggs Crossword Clue
• Leave some complex items Crossword Clue
• Limb stuck in man's piece of clothing Crossword Clue
• Little known about revolutionaries seizing queen Crossword Clue
• Middle Eastern king's about to be welcomed by pair from Rome Crossword Clue
• Mist hides head of rare animal Crossword Clue
• National history, perhaps Crossword Clue
• Noticeably beginning to stick one's tongue in Shiraz Crossword Clue
• Old relative to bind broken knee in cloth Crossword Clue
• One smearing last of teriyaki dish into both hands Crossword Clue
• Play time cut, with Italian team past its best Crossword Clue
• Polish bottom of heavy gemstone Crossword Clue
• Prepare to rent piece of jewellery Crossword Clue
• Pub had some food — that's natural Crossword Clue
• Quietly coming between factionally divided vets Crossword Clue
• Redcoat is dancing, 1920s style! Crossword Clue
• Renovate bogus lawn for houses Crossword Clue
• Repeat son's garbled, unnatural lingo Crossword Clue
• Ruler abroad forbidding endless revel Crossword Clue
• Saint to encourage doctor Crossword Clue
• Scoundrels held up this celebrity Crossword Clue
• Someone other than me about to tour pitch where Arsenal play Crossword Clue
• Starter, perhaps, or where you might find one Crossword Clue
• Strangely endearing cocktail ingredient Crossword Clue
• Substitute one fabric with a more decorative one Crossword Clue
• Suddenly pedestrian in English city sent back summons Crossword Clue
• Threaten to drive around capital of Rhode Island Crossword Clue
• Trade farthings or shillings? Crossword Clue
• Uptight sailor and Parisian to go home with a stage star Crossword Clue
• Victor in easy position giving a wave Crossword Clue
• We hear this person shows happiness in a glance Crossword Clue
• With heavy metal cladding, fear collapsing building Crossword Clue