The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic - December 1, 2014

 The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic - December 1, 2014

Clue	Answer
... men at rig confused about husband's terrible ordeal	NIGHTMARE
A girl's audible on radio or stage	PHASE
Armed soldier encountered endlessly crossing Welsh river	MUSKETEER
Audibly cross entering quiet city, an earthly paradise	SHANGRILA
Be obliged to save energy and come to a standstill	HEAVETO
By no means the first writer to be a spy	FIFTHCOLUMNIST
Departed without leader? It's not to be repeated	ONEOFF
Doctor on TV broadcast rejected the old nonsense	HOOEY
Equal of those folk admitting new earl?	PEEROFTHEREALM
Fearful thing, disease: it gets a hostile reaction	BUGABOO
Flyer identified by archdeacon in Orwell's opening sentence	OVENBIRD
Free upper-class knight, one that may be shot	UNBOLT
Grammatically analyse constant unit of distance	PARSEC
Hanger-on presenting bill for attorney in radio programme	TOADY

Clue	Answer
Liberal upset about more recent article affecting two parties	BILATERAL
Meet at hospital to visit Smith?	FORGATHER
Noble given award for making part of organ	EARLOBE
One examines pupils originally on Cranbrook's usual register	OCULIST
One who squanders, being more to the right?	BLUER
Phoney university surrounded by marshy areas	BOGUS
Prayers couple offered, securing gold object of rare interest	COLLECTORSITEM
Presiding minister deprived of final right? Not too quickly	MODERATO
Put the men to work for such an unspecified time	UMPTEENTH
Ring back twice to express contempt for ...	POOHPOOH
Serious about half of managers coming from east	SOBER
Stop Republican moving north? It's most uncommon	RAREST
They're short-lived, coming from border in record time	EPHEMERA
What the poor do, having ill-fitting windows?	FEELTHEDRAUGHT