The Times - Cryptic Crossword Answer - October 2, 2014

 The Times - Cryptic Crossword Solutions - October 2, 2014

Clue	Answer
Absence of spirit in drink — I finally add it only at the end	INSIPIDITY
Alcohol from fermenting celery with gin	GLYCERINE
Bad smell in central part of Madeira, perhaps	PONG
Being tall and thin is put right when cutting out metres	REEDY
Candidate put forward no note of maiden name	NOMINEE
Cover over chicken with extra fat	CAPON
Deceptive tactic is difficult to understand in the second half	RUSE
Detective Inspector told to go with crook intended for hearing and setting free	DISENTANGLEMENT
Diner's last to eat out and nearly be sick	RETCH
Engineers introducing principal cable stay	REMAIN
Excellent article about one socialist	FABIAN
High churchman concerned with cutting gold and silver vessels	PRELATE
Label is a source of music genre	STEREOTYPE
Love of what's posted recently on page with greeting	PHILATELY
Metal hand on Hindu god cut off by English	MANGANESE
Noon leaves no gloomy lingering impression	ODOUR
One permanently late could be fired over this	PYRE
One who's blamed son getting jacket split by a pin	SCAPEGOAT
Put up with stripped-down barn in which to store vehicles	HANGAR
Save millions in America	MINUS
Self-confidence around masculine pub in time of Prohibition	EMBARGO
Sigh for Conservative party	CRAVE
Sky watcher Moore's excited with North Star	ASTRONOMER
Slow debate lets on law must change	STONEWALL
Small island bird's no female	INCH
Sow recent strains for maize crop	SWEETCORN
They've all shifted away from hearing a criminal case	THEVALLEYOFFEAR
Top player on board nearly let in rook taking on a learner	ADMIRAL
Type of power vibrato microphone needs	ATOMIC
Western shootist in bar room, back to stay	GUNSLINGER