The Times - Cryptic - November 12, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26254 - November 12, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
Absorption is underlying universe with unseen origin	OSMOSIS
Arizona mountain about to become public space	PLAZA
Be determined to complete Countdown?	STOPATNOTHING
Coast excluding southeast?	SEASIDE
Colour of light stone with marks I obliterated	PUCE
Conform or sit out from being overweight	OBEY
Counterpart of 'thou is', similarly wrong in mood	HEART
Duplicate symbol for slightly wet weather?	SPITTINGIMAGE
Entertainer with fake gem material switching tops very quickly	POSTHASTE
Extended talk drawing in callers to slag off dog	SPRINGERSPANIEL
Fellow bagging first of medals?	CHAMP
Keeping activity under lids, to behold fluttering effect	TREMOLO
Laughable learner, bookish, not stumped by receiving credit	LUDICROUS
Paper quality becoming less erratic?	EVENINGSTANDARD

Clues	Answers
Passage that opens bar but not clubs	PRELUDE
Quick butcher's good and easy, trading large and small	GLIMPSE
Roams glens, out for fragrant ingredient	LEMONGRASS
Russian instrument in the style of one held by Albanian etc, mostly	BALALAIKA
Search in operation hasn't caught militant	COMBATIVE
Southern African has ox butchered	XHOSA
Steer into uncontrolled movement that is damaging	TOXIC
Terribly irate, much to do with joint complaints	RHEUMATIC
Trade in endless champagne and German wine	MOSELLE
Try to catch rats, many creating hoax to discredit Catholics	POPISHPLOT
Variable amount for prime piece of agricultural land?	YIELD
Wept and ran off to see European port	ANTWERP
What follows Colombian course: bit of yakitori? No comment	ORINOCO
With slick stuff coming in, resort ends up pristine	UNSPOILED