The Times - Cryptic - December 2, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26585 - December 2, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
A bomb that's sweet	MINT
A one-liner?	MONORAIL
Better prominence for jailer?	CAPTOR
Card game of course?	NEWMARKET
Chicks originally look to pull up worm	CREEP
Cool criminal in capital of Sicily, Palermo	IMPERSONAL
Delivery, piece that's fragile?	CHINAMAN
Designer starting out, couturier raised as an automaton	DROID
Extra large fungus	MOREL
First ten enough, say	FOREXAMPLE
Fish around lake for dope?	CLOD
Grotesquely veiny toads — an unpleasant picture	VIDEONASTY
Herald procures new editor, finally	PRECURSOR
Ignore item on a building site	SKIP
Island featuring in marathons, hundreds!	HONSHU
Killing beyond value	PRICELESS

 

Clues	Answers
Last seen of bottle, spare the hard stuff	EBONY
Leader kind of tense having stolen passport, say?	PRESIDENT
Mastiff's heading after hollow stick — watch out for it!	CAVECANEM
Model punched by rival over hot underwear	PANTIHOSE
Old manuscripts deliver cut below penny in wages	PAPYRI
One working on a device that's a hit in film	MACHINIST
Range is clear	SWEEP
State has to avoid the ego of The Times?	MISSOURI
Swimmer, a fanatic doing the backstroke?	TUNA
The remote control initially thrown some distance	HECTOMETRE
This line around ship secured by rope	CROSSWORD
Tips for perfect miso soup side order: lush!	TOPER
Tucked in to endless meat: we might	POWER
Under a roof, complete in wrought iron	INDOOR
Very short poems ending in sentiment, shameless	IMMODEST
Woman like Bertha Rochester and a Fleming character	MADAM