The Times - Cryptic - December 28 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 993
Clues	Answers
Approaches some within earshot	NEARS
Author, autobiographical at heart, penning worthiest novel	GHOSTWRITER
Bunker perhaps where some turned up	TRAP
Canny, mean-spirited woman and daughter	SHREWD
Couple in book holding pig back	TWOSOME
Curt treatment of Republican wearing mini dress	short shrift
Free lager distributed after a time	at large
Game is extremely pricey	i-spy
Hero-worshipping adroitly revised	IDOLATRY
I turn to follow a male friend	AMIGO
Introduce British group and popular first song	bring into play
Notice small vessel	SPOT
Pass by one rig at sea	IGNORE
Prize certain to be given after short walk	TREASURE
Rush job	CAREER
Settled under tree to get medical attention	first aid
Some time in confused state, reportedly	DAYS
Somehow got bag on sledge	TOBOGGAN
Visit kennels in decline?	go to the dogs
What the father of the bride may do, slamming poor OAP’s taste	propose a toast
Wily like ancient king, leader in Egypt	ASTUTE
Working out initially sensible following PE	OPERATIONAL
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26920
Clues	Answers
Above river supply rope for support?	MAINSTAY
Blank space in print is most important	LEADING
Cat in church, see, hiding in books there?	OCELOT
Chap's by a road constructing top of building	MANSARD
Cheap stuff in pile, first in sale to go	TACK
Front of cafe I admire built badly, strange to say	mirabile dictu
Giving up in turn after renting property	letting go
Hate exam after getting low grades	DETEST
Home boy returning without money? They should not be blamed	INNOCENTS
Like a sort of movement that goes back in time?	ANTICLOCKWISE
Like some in Lords, having spoken with a small degree of heat to start with	TEMPORAL
Man’s heading off when it’s time to retire	NIGHT
Modern aid's worked out what letters of anagram could be	RANDOMISED
Money needed for memorial	BRASS
One to argue back, boy ending in trouble kept in	REASONER
Piece of music with a beat bigger than usual coming up	SONATA
Previously king in court would want old instrumental piece	CONCERTO
Put an end to careless action on cricket field?	OVERTHROW
Rite actually interpreted in an eloquent manner	articulately
Sort of student job to jar — notice university intervening	POSTGRADUATE
Sound from King Charles — where was he hiding?	CROAK
Spooner's desire, girl becoming the epitome of dullness	DISHWATER
Time in good English town gets one indulging	GLUTTON
Treacherous type, very French, about to ensnare writer	SERPENT
Tree with less on top? No top at all!	ALDER
Understand wise words and oscillate	SEESAW
Way to take stuff to market	trade route
Writer Dorothy avoiding extremes as a philosopher	AYER