The Times - Cryptic - December 29 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 994
Clues	Answers
A solo sit-in — it’s organised revealing one opposing partnership	ISOLATIONIST
After time regular outlay needed for river	TRENT
Country hotel, so exotic	LESOTHO
Find recording sad	track down
Football Association secures new site for celebration	FIESTA
Group of words becomes strained, we hear	PHRASE
Hate Latin?	ODIUM
In Brunei there’s offer of choice?	EITHER
Initially noted this high position in series?	NTH
Islander sat up meeting obsession, new	TASMANIAN
Last word after cricket match, requirement finally for proof	TESTAMENT
Loud noise from river paddle	ROAR
Love it to change colour	VIOLET
Machine permit not dear oddly	PRINTER
New leads on little battle? That’s gossip	tittle-tattle
Pay collecting article in US city	SEATTLE
Publicises furious golfer’s poor stroke	air shot
Put together using every cardinal point	SEWN
Recording device cheers prier at outset	TAP
Referring to Conservative and Green, return to earlier position	reconvert
Rescue vessel starts to apparently recover kayak	ARK
Senior pupil perfect after slight switch	PREFECT
Somewhat grimy section of wheel	RIM
Tray, cold, arrives? That is right	CARRIER
Vegetable we had planted in southeast	SWEDE
Work stoppage fails to start — transport for child produced	TRIKE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26921
Clues	Answers
Architect ultimately devising natural alternative to tiles	THATCHING
Backward throw	SHY
Banned athlete sadly submits, the worse for wear	out at the elbows
Bias current medic's shown facing a cut in surgery	IMBALANCE
British measure time fielder has to catch	long ton
Carnivore heading for lair put on speed	RATEL
Dud shade	LEMON
Exposed snakes showed signs of distress	WINDSWEPT
Gallant vicar with child briefly out of hand	CHIVALRIC
Gross politician, one visiting boozer	LUMPISH
Joint from an ungulate served up	ANKLE
Judge of mince pies providing some humour	JOCULAR
Large mammal gets last of prey — it's a chancy business	LOTTERY
Liberal dons tolerate American state	BELARUS
Most banal customs dividing races	TRITEST
Ne'er-do-well king borne in litter by learner	WASTREL
Newton, say, engrossed in study, finally forgave dissident	RENEGADE
Not getting enough — hundred euros in change	UNDERNOURISHED
Oddly for each thousand you get a mutant	FREAK
Offer short clue that's defective but compelling	FORCEFUL
Old invader's unfinished project	JUT
Return of stone edging even less healthy for plant support	TRELLIS
Saw Times superior to Express	BYWORD
Search on the ground for brick, in last resort	sheet anchor
Severe stress some of Proust's characters may be under?	acute accent
Small portion of broccoli causing complaint	COLIC
Spirited mum collects one, on coming first	RESILIENT
The last place, perhaps, to introduce unknown stars	HYADES
Thirsting for blood, as was McCarthy, mostly?	seeing red
Vigorous, if in need of practice, having changed sides	LUSTY