The Times - Cryptic - February 8 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26956
Clues	Answers
Among children, a boy is mature	SEASONED
Boozy type reveals how to be a complete loser	WINO
Buns someone from Belgrade brought round with a funny filling	bread rolls
Checked loud pitter-patter, might you say?	reined in
Close on agreement, after raising late drink	NIGHTCAP
Designer using short rags with holes in?	TATTOOER
Dog trainer's assistant runs after large poodle ultimately	HANDLER
Drink — small amount — gentleman regularly refused	white tea
Drugs agent buried in frozen Arctic	NARC
First of fibs by annoyin' tale-teller	FRANKLIN
Head of Theology accompanied by different senior dons	tries on
Learner of French involved in dangerous activity	STUDENT
Leave fish ball accompanying stew	DUMPLING
Loose screw in the firearm	WINCHESTER
Maybe anteater in garden, say, hiding head	EDENTATE
Mean fight shortly taking place near boxing venue	SPARING
Meat insufficiently reduced in price?	UNDERCUT
No half-term upset in school	ETON
Office staff on leave before end of August	DEPARTMENT
Pasta, port, and no end of fizzy drink	RIGATONI
Poor relative from New York going into pottery centre	stony broke
Singular item of clothing linked to ancients principally	TOGA
Sister worried, getting picked up in Warwickshire town	NUNEATON
Swap halfpennies and farthings, perhaps?	EXCHANGE
Talented person's curry concoction?	hot stuff
The Swiss dressed smarter than all others	SWISHEST
Train wherein I visited dining car?	INITIATE
Woman finally visiting a region abroad	GEORGINA
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1023
Clues	Answers
A bit of plumbing in church? If absolutely necessary	at a pinch
A fight expert comes round following reversal	about-face
Agreement, heading off item of legislation	ACT
Assume command, putting an end to game of roulette?	take the wheel
Bright star, one seen at Stratford, on the rise	NOVA
Call for help over feeling less than well?	so-so
Dismissal involves 50 becoming careless	SLACK
Flattens designs	lays out
Hard splitting dog and Siamese here?	THAILAND
I make assessment, providing cross	IRATE
Improving electrical safety after new close shave	near thing
King exiled in decisive battle	ROUT
Look equal	PEER
Lose lustre: rather like small mountain lake?	TARNISH
Man I arranged to host first of London University’s ex-students	ALUMNI
Meeting might not proceed before locating this ulterior motive	hidden agenda
Not too bright about location of Taj Mahal? Here's a plan	DIAGRAM
Poison distributed in scare	ARSENIC
Relative giving vague directions, perhaps, losing last two	UNCLE
Rocketry experts taking line regarding nose	NASAL
See odd parts of Ghent	GET
Sudden movement in operations to make lenses	OPTICS
Vision certainly accepted by rowers?	EYESIGHT
What may prevent you seeing waterfall?	CATARACT