The Times - Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - March 6, 2015

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26039 - March 6, 2015

Clues	Answers
A couple of points ending in controversy for community	COLONY
A pious type entering bar as preacher	APOSTLE
Advertisement a drag?	PUFF
Allowed three eighths? That's enough to finish you off!	LETHAL
Amundsen was wearing no pants	NORWEGIAN
Averse to analysis? That's unlikely to diminish	SHRINKRESISTANT
Bob's cash put forward	FLOAT
Chorus so keenly jazzed up, Basie's ultimate old song	HONEYSUCKLEROSE
Classic flower uprooted	TRAD
Coarse stuff among videos is alarming	SISAL
Cocktail maker requires skill amid drinking binge	BARTENDER
Crossword compiler for the Sun?	SETTER
Feline to strike after heading off	OUNCE
First appearance ends in disgrace, however	DEBUT
Hunting game, wild apes trapping a fish	PAPERCHASE

Clues	Answers
In the US, stop for a while	PERIOD
Liverpool kipper? That's a fish	REDSNAPPER
Message passionately delivered as one ship and another capsizing in novel	KISSOGRAM
Money one might charge	RHINO
More than one pound a drink for a port in Florida	PENSACOLA
Musical instrument that might have had a whistle?	KETTLEDRUM
Offensive racket stealing contents of tomb	NOISOME
Queen investing unknown amount with alternative to cash funds	EXCHEQUER
Spin not made up, as some might say	REEL
Squalid room upset her a lot	RATHOLE
Tedious exercises to get slim	OUTSIDE
Test marks cut back	EXAM
Trunk for big cheese packed with Cheddar and Ilchester for starters	PROBOSCIS
Type missing heading on old guide	INDEX
When to feed in money, safeguarding private tuition at first	DINNERTIME