The Times - Cryptic - February 24, 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26657 - February 24, 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
Asserts much more than control	HOLDSWAYOVER
Confirm demise of vessel after shelling	INKIN
Cut grey lining in case where pins are laid	LEGREST
Dance music in Lent is too much	GAVOTTE
Defiant remark: it follows comforting one	SOTHERE
Description of playful Sir Hugo?	ROGUISH
Dolphins enjoy poking elderly relative affectionately	GRAMPUSES
Fish appearing in dock reversed shortage	POLLACK
German I note raised boy	ERNIE
Husband welcome, since brave	HAVEAGO
In this sort of voting, job often involves delivery	POSTALBALLOT
Jumbo the setter's set mostly to trap people	IMMENSE
One housed in semi: feller in US town	HALIFAX
One who digs dirt concealed by a doctor	ADMIRER

 

Clues	Answers
Overenthusiastically toasted end of graduation in Lancaster?	BURNT
Polish GP isn't, unfortunately, everything you'd wish for	SHOPPINGLIST
Presentation of image less stuffy — almost plain	PRAIRIE
Quickly giving compere stick if introductions mixed up	POSTHASTE
Random opium use not ultimately causing rash	IMPETUOUS
Rat seen moving extremely close	NEAREST
Regularly used coercion, force, on foreign banker	ORINOCO
Sailor who Roman knight would make legendary king	TARQUIN
Some knocked back tea — one guzzled port	GENOA
Son with slight temperature avoids food colouring	SAFFRON
Swan interacting with mouse? New for a bird!	PENGUIN
Sweat-covered man in middle of field finding shamrock?	TREFOIL
Tensions exist in a European novel	ANXIETIES
Young stand-in priest, purged of sin, insincere fellow	PRINCEREGENT