The Times - Cryptic - February 23, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26342 - February 23, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
A blow for business?	TRADEWIND
Ancient Mariner's main trouble?	SEADOG
Arrange company booking	ORDER
Array of sound from springtime is deceptive	MATRIX
Basic pressure for British in firm	STAPLE
Cartel every so often picks up bent ways	CRESCENTS
Changing sides, chap still neither won nor lost	BROKEEVEN
Close to being plump, not allowed to fly	GROUNDED
Countryman and commander recalled short meeting on river	COTTAGER
Dreadful gossip to help dedicated social scientist	PSEPHOLOGIST
Engineers attentive to detail removing part forming network	RETICULAR
Flock on the move hide round back of copse	SKEIN
German turned out drawers, maybe	UNDERGARMENT
Like ears, primarily of barley, brought in behind time	LOBATE

Clues	Answers
More than satisfy past company members worried about Englishman's case	OVERCOMPENSATE
Poor chairwoman's cut with small instrument	HARMONICA
Presbyter announces staff member with gravitas	ELDERSTATESMAN
Press in particular supporting Vandyke, say	BEARDOWN
Prickly shrub an unethical form of covering, we're told	FURZE
Prisoner put under obligation briefly	INTERNEE
Quickly passed info back, dropping first part	SWEPT
Skip most of pages	LEAVE
Society's overwhelmed by mounting box files	RASPS
Steep charge placed on official staff	MACERATE
Testimony of master's taking precedence	PROOF
Understand the heart of every piece when playing	PERCEIVE
Unremembered ex-president briefly arrested in US	FORGOTTEN
What's in notes put back in bundle	SHEAF