The Times - Cryptic - August 30 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 907

Clues	Answers
A mother? He didn’t have one	ADAM
Big shots turn over this rogue trader	SPIV
Black bird died in flock	CROWD
Bolero isn’t bad: it’s got three stars	orions belt
Cheat’s set of papers opened by doctor	FIDDLE
Everything in hot gospel is a sign of quality	HALLMARK
Exam success? I don’t know	PASS
For short film, right supplier	PROVIDER
Foreign sea — it becomes desert	MERIT
Frantic finale is out	in leaf
Getting on train, Bond shows badge of loyalty	old school tie
Giving birth — it may be done in a van	DELIVERY

 

Clues	Answers
Handful of hair perhaps that is something for wiping nose	HANKIE
In agreement to make amends	ATONE
Landowner’s manner welcomed by lord	LAIRD
Lowered head for speaking tube	DUCT
Out-of-date announcement for the police?	old bill
Pens ran out; that’s a wrench	SPANNER
Pieces of pork, and seconds, eaten with these?	CHOPSTICKS
Slave turns up with company artwork	FRESCO
Some loony alarmed antelope	NYALA
Tragedy of monarch at meadow, heading for Runnymede	king lear
Two couples eating large meal	FLOUR
Vacation axed to work out money-saving scheme	tax avoidance

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26817

Clues	Answers
Adult to depart, having imbibed a very strong alcoholic drink	AQUAVIT
Agree on London footballer getting dismissed?	hammer out
Almost everyone having weapon at home good? Dreadful!	ALARMING
Bird plunged in water gets up	EGRET
Car plunged under river, say — not for the first time	RESTATE
Certificate and mug perhaps received by the head	PROBATE
Competitor felt cheated somehow, first to be eliminated	DECATHLETE
Demonstrate during an Ashes match?	ATTEST
Female ruined, with name destroyed	DOE
Groups getting even — observe love lacking within	QUINTETS
Has one got a recording? A detective's so excited	VIDEOCASSETTE
I control auntie, not wanting a tricky conversation	interlocution
Identify Eastern item of furniture ready for sale	MARKETABLE
Is hectic man running around without thinking?	MECHANISTIC

 

Clues	Answers
Keeping mum and boy in squat	SILENT
Look casually at hairy things, needing microscope ultimately	BROWSE
Mineral, mostly black and blue, collected by individual	OLIVINE
Old boy upset over the amount dished out becomes an inconvenience	BOTHERATION
Permit English to be out of date	PASSE
Pests outside shed beginning to enrage Asian natives	BHUTANESE
Quiet prayer, not right: a threat to life?	POISON
River to swell up round front of city train	EXERCISE
Rose may have got up as one	SYNONYM
Share room, perhaps, with ringer in the bell-tower?	double up
Sorcery using bird with wings cut off	OBI
Theatrical male in type of headgear	CAMP
Thieves in small room with heartless shows of emotion	LOOTERS
Vehicle taking load to one side of island	TAXI