The Times - Cryptic - December 9, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26591 - December 9, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
A small number coming up the Central Line	AXIS
A teacher is wrong	AMISS
Act by ministry rejected in row, so no meaningful pattern here	RANDOMWALK
Almost entirely give up	QUIT
Bird for one: about time	EGRET
Book jazz singer to appear after autumn period	NOVELLA
Easy to carry guide in the dark	LIGHT
Explosion setting army back: I drive off	ATISHOO
Fails to be accepted by priest, with name as Lothario	LADIESMAN
Fat girl with an attitude going about	ADIPOSE
Generally agreed a French bird has lost tail	UNAVOCE
Get more efficient in the morning to crack Listener somehow	STREAMLINE
Give up drink that's said to be dull	DITCHWATER
Goddess offers a help up	DIANA
Got down time after short sound of bell	KNELT
Hand, one held by digger	DELIVER

 

Clues	Answers
Incomplete box, say, among items chucked in current	JETSTREAM
Mainly like beer, covering game	ASARULE
One hopeless astride horse without outside help	INHOUSE
Our cousin called, briefly out and about	ORANGUTAN
Peace increased, suppressing rise of imitative violent programme	SHOOTEMUP
Post a bet on a Creole dish	JAMBALAYA
Provide peer with one penny, not a pound	EQUIP
Senior teacher accepts you as old-fashioned	DOYEN
So some prisoners released: just what pub needs	ONLICENCE
Starts to compile, and later finishes new jumbo?	CALF
Stomach accommodates large excess	GLUT
Town, it's plain, hiding new failure	LLANDUDNO
Very pale green at first, have you left grey at the end?	GHASTLY
What's in some gap that's found in alphabet	OMEGA
With no play area at first, game is in the balance	TOUCHANDGO
Wonder if a rug can cover me during meditation	AMAZEMENT