The Times - Cryptic - February 16 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1029
Clues	Answers
A lot of wet weather now the weekend’s almost over?	MONSOON
A vehicle crossing island of birds	AVIAN
Ancient city’s new life, with capital half revealed	BABYLON
Article on The Mikado’s opening song	ANTHEM
Backfire banged endlessly and resounded	BOOMERANG
Blanket’s off early	LAYER
Boat that’s kilometres ahead of a large hairy beast	KAYAK
Bush flowering with support	OUTBACK
Castle and another piece ignoring king for some time	FORTNIGHT
Champion cutting down murderous king	HERO
Creature found among seaweed regularly	EWE
Displayed calibre	BORE
Endorse software range	APPROVE
Famous rock unfortunately stolen nearby	blarney stone
Fish served in delicious almonds	SALMON
Go back and put on another coat of creosote?	RETREAT
Jerks on Westminster’s front bench	PEW
Miss start of party for a little sleep	KIP
Scrap of paper for drawing?	raffle ticket
Sister hiding in kitchen unit	NUN
Take down criminal with old martial art	TAEKWONDO
Telling stories in bed?	LYING
Train up converts to become extremely religious	PURITAN
Travel widely to get G&T containing exotic vanilla	GALLIVANT
Where one may make bloomer by holding onto ace, king and queen	BAKERY
Wicket stifling your spin	GYRATE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26963
Clues	Answers
Air, extremely assertive, M Lisle’s composed	MARSEILLAISE
An officer before journey finds close friend	alter ego
An outhouse on street is hidden	STASHED
Anecdotes assuming Scottish smoker an old-school sort	ALUMNA
Break during school time is heaven	INTERMISSION
Cancel changes in South Vietnamese festival	STET
Cover for face when headmaster breaks jaw	YASHMAK
Engaged in protecting cross, one combats evil	AMULET
Followers pursue triallist perhaps	SHEEPDOG
Foppish type’s invitation to bird to call?	POPINJAY
Future minister in rising party hurried to suppress row	ORDINAND
Humiliate MP with a spiced-up union song	epithalamium
Indian city accommodates parking for historic location	DELPHI
Man being prepared runs vehicle inside	SERVANT
Military preparation of Frenchman the last word in craft	ARMAMENT
Navy in Naples restored State	PENNSYLVANIA
Note group taking month over rental agreement	OCTUPLET
Old bandleader having Lawrences put away horse	ted heath
Old German crossing Bali, free to express great happiness	Jubilate
Patriarch against wearing Hawaiian garland	LEVI
Pithy speaker tense going round pub	APHORIST
Plato finally co-ordinates knowledge — it's inspired	OXYGEN
Rugs taken up for daughter in midlands town	STAMFORD
Secretary brought in recognised writer's block	NOTEPAD
Supervised one at sea securing lines	OVERSEEN
Tragic scene of crime sitting in European tradition	ELSINORE
Wader again seen on island	IBIS
Xmas season to bode ill, ultimately?	NOEL