The Times - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - March 5, 2015

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26038 - March 5, 2015

Clues	Answers
Attack using club, thought little of high cost? ...	DIVEBOMB
Churches clashing head-to-head, in short, over religious act	ECCEHOMO
City left hemmed in by goalless draw	OPORTO
Close to Tourcoing, touching base? Far from it, here?	GRENOBLE
Complete picture of single rhino, maybe, and save	DRAWINONESHORNS
Dons, perhaps, a mac, with idea to ramble	ACADEMIA
Drop off notes for auditors	DOZE
Ease pain after hard battle	EDGEHILL
Eastern port and railroad	SHANGHAI
Fan comes in to pelt Pole with eggs, repulsively?	FLYBLOWN
Football club to turn out with side at Old Trafford?	EVERTON
House that celebrity autograph hunter wants to see?	STARSIGN
Me and Lucy playing in garden once	LYCEUM
Means to clarify result of research left by centre	FINING
Nudity's nothing for an English lady	BARONESS

Clues	Answers
Omit tile to embroider with fine thread	LEITMOTIF
One used to deny fortune teller after drink?	TEABAG
Own something maybe to put on escutcheon	FESS
Pants, when old, the cause of teasing	BADINAGE
Peppers top of paint tin with some shot	PIMENTOS
PM: time for one to stay in, mostly?	HOMEBIRD
Row about defensive facility put back later upgrade	RETROFIT
Second unpleasant scent returned to first lab worker?	BOFFIN
Shun course for a stroll in Central Park?	DUCKSOUP
Sticks retained, covering one player's protection	GUMSHIELD
Take first shot of tournament: kick out	OPENFIRE
Theme of economist mostly gone into by books	KEYNOTE
when one's carried out from boozer — oho! — urgently	ZEROHOUR
Where driver starts, about to steer over missile	EXOCET