The Times - Cryptic - December 3, 2014

 The Times - Cryptic  - December 3, 2014

Clue	Answer
Alternatively get NHS trial done very poorly	ONTHEDANGERLIST
Apparent poverty traps	OVERT
At the outset audience is gripped by celebrity affair	LIAISON
Best stuff left by paper's boss	WORST
Biscuit barrel upturned by Biggles' companion	GINGERNUT
Blonde boss hauled outside	TOWHEADED
Brat with others reportedly commandeered	IMPRESSED
Child in green on way here showing heart	YOUNGSTER
Dickens character heading off resentment	RUDGE
Fawn in tall grass loves to leave island	BAMBI
Foreign blood spilled by dastardly drudging fiend	ROBINGOODFELLOW
Get in trouble using computers to solve crime?	COPIT
Good-for-nothing traverses temple lake, in Cumbria	WASTWATER
High time? It could be!	HAPPYHOUR
Insult succeeded with film director	SLANG

Clue	Answer
Irish MP engages a particular firm	TONED
It's quite hard getting house free to accommodate serviceman	SEMIRIGID
Love's helping after fuss	ADORATION
Northern city has an unpleasant duty collecting silver	ANCHORAGE
Oil supply on flow easily produces capital	TRIPOLI
Old navigator died a dissolute man	DRAKE
One's absorbed in Eagle, knowing the comic	ERNIEWISE
Overwhelmed by climber I fought	IVIED
Palestinian group needs to gather before noon	HAMAS
Relaxed game ends on schedule	LOOSE
Remove errors from user guide initially employed by girl	DEBUG
Right to enter war, legit, awfully plain to see	WRITLARGE
Search island shed where nitrogen is stored	MANHUNT
Star confined put on some weight	PENTAGRAM
Superhero grabs wheel in transporter	BOATMAN