The Times - Cryptic - March 29 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26998
Clues	Answers
Almost completely flat-chested? These can puff out clothes	BUSTLES
Apple seed, something sharp at one end	PIPPIN
Arab female, wife discarded on island	OMANI
Bit of seed or stone found in meal	TESTA
Criticism about goddess, mostly seen as an upstart	PARVENU
Earthy substance is better than greasy one	TOPSOIL
Flowers making Easter so special	tea roses
Foreign characters overthrowing country, wasting little time	ETAS
Gong unexciting, inadequate with echo	tam-tam
Good dog snatching length of cloth — one anxious to please	GROVELLER
In St Martin, going about, see one helping another	MINISTRANT
Instinctive behaviour something that Dr Jekyll acquired?	second nature
Legendary weapon no longer having quality, we hear	EXCALIBUR
Like an identifying word and number given to female learner	NOUNAL
Men coming in wept, losing energy before a beastly fight	CORRIDA
Mostly old T-shirts not right for candidates being interviewed?	SHORTLIST
One has money, foolishly beginning to squander great riches	cash register
One taking stock of fine tune	goods train
Petitions between meetings being read out	intercessions
Rearrange restaurant furniture maybe to secure competitive advantage	turn the tables
Reluctant to declare — side lacking guts	AVERSE
Rising opera company has deserted Latin	CUBAN
Shelter protecting maiden, courageous explorer	HUMBOLDT
Stars in decay, about to be got rid of	ARIES
Unrobe us, after adjusting cloak	burnouse
Vehicle heading off with wine — one carrying holiday supplies?	RUCKSACK
What delegate did in place is recorded in legal document	DEPUTISED
Woman in physical game losing heart	RUBY
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1058
Clues	Answers
Air simple kind of shirt covering jeans	TELEVISE
Article appearing in Echo after Thursday	THE
Bird’s carefree frolic	LARK
Bravo for flamenco in East End pit?	OLE
Decline eastern bishop twice	EBB
Designer is part of circle to beat English court	ARCHITECT
Ecstasy widespread after a number arriving at Spanish island	TENERIFE
Endless series of steps to get to the next level	ESCALATOR
European among bidders wasted chicken feed, perhaps	BIRDSEED
General sense that a lot of people studying science end with!	GIST
Get bigger Detective Inspector in front of deceased	DILATE
Grand, in the style of festive event	GALA
Guided holy man from Sodom before heartless end	PILOTED
Iago’s end almost excited worry	AGONISE
Ma, create fantastic meal with scones	cream tea
Maybe Sam Spade sticks with another tool for gardener	GUMSHOE
Perhaps Shakespeare under the weather provides Iago’s motivation?	ill will
Refinery melts ore, somehow extracting oxygen	SMELTER
Reversing cap, one polite chap is hard-working	DILIGENT
Shouts encouragement in board game with centre hidden	CHEERS
Simple vehicle cut sharp moves	PUSHCART
Supervisor to attract aliens northward	STEWARD
Support stage for Journey	LEG
Throttle holy man with right point of view	STRANGLE
Tory puffed out air in speech	BLUE
Vegetative lump partly turned to rise, unsupported	LEVITATE