The Times Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answer - January 8, 2015

 The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 25990 - January 8, 2015

Clue	Answer
A hundred colleagues outside work, makers of music	CALLIOPES
Act beneficially, protecting top of weak tree or shrub	DOGWOOD
African is revolutionary met with initial word of disapproval	TUTSI
Austere type in peculiar sect nabbed by revolutionary agents	ASCETIC
Beholds an untidy woman with fair hair	ASHBLONDE
Bird going after black dog	BEAGLE
Boast about exhibition centre — the shape is elegant	SWANNECK
Cleric returning to prisoner, old rocker brought to faith?	CONVERTED
Conservative individual, a solid figure	CONE
Feel bad about gift with page missing	RESENT
Fellow lacks parking outside home for chum	CHINA
Five, age not good for worship	VENERATION
Friend facing obscurity — can one really tell what the future holds?	PALMIST
Garlands provided by affable islanders	LEIS
Gesture by English shows passion	EMOTION
Girl following early Christian convert	PAULINE

Clue	Answer
Given formal warning, education being in a mess	CAUTIONED
Holy within, unhappy without — completely agreeable	SAPID
HQ that's about to be disposed of for only a little money	CENT
Hurry to get Athens rebuilt	HASTEN
In sleazy bar one gets unusual biscuit	DIGESTIVE
In this house say party line must be reversed	LODGE
Information about men approaching bank in port	NEWORLEANS
Island company that was involved in cunning	SICILY
Little bird to become shy	GOSLING
Offering chopped-up dinner for sheep to eat	TENDERING
Parliament issuing brief paper	DAIL
Skilfully swallows something dissolved? Yes indeed!	ABSOLUTELY
Sophisticated vehicle by church clamped by a theologian	ADVANCED
The way things are boxed over there, then?	INTHATCASE
Time left in America? See one of its cities	TULSA
What could be future number descending on prosperous region?	TENSE