The Times - Cryptic - October 30 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27182
Clues	Answers
Back absorbing English programme to return	REAPPEAR
Book of Baudelaire’s is at this point abridged	ESTHER
Cardinal scoffed, did you say?	EIGHT
Demoralised? Fed up? Take weed every now and then!	DEFEATED
Escape from Bali in this manner?	bail out
Firm City fan, one full of caffeine?	cola nut
Foreign policeman crashing into emu	MOUNTIE
Gas is therefore being recalled, GP admits	GOSSIP
Her Majesty “repelled” by First Lady. That’s official	REEVE
I refuse to feed waterfowl of Italian port	GENOESE
Intended to secure new funds	FINANCE
Kind of store in which to spend a penny?	CONVENIENCE
Mark has a nice way of speaking	acute accent
Midsummer’s day, perhaps: a romantic prospect?	hot date
Money man rues Republican rate being revised	TREASURER
Oscar promoted to head of house: bravo!	OLE
Page priest: his second run out	RECTO
Parliamentarian finding honour in French waters	MEMBER
Person declining printer’s job?	TYPESETTING
Plumbing fixture fitting too exactly, on reflection	TAP
Prevailing wisdom in anti-war circles	DOMINANT
Quickly call, ringing up a lot	HOTFOOT
Saint renouncing silence? There’ll be a complaint!	ILLNESS
Scientific study, to which landlords raise their glasses	OPTICS
Seething cauldron, one that may spatter you	rain cloud
Starts to skip and prance, justifiably chipper	SPRIGHTLY
This is where the young go mad	POTTY
Time for Beano editor to show up	EON
Transforming NHS centres: a bewitching woman	ENCHANTRESS
Underwear thieves picked up	KNICKERS
Unmarried man, and his companion in the boozer?	ALE
What Don might be to babe in arms, perhaps	GODFATHER
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1211
Clues	Answers
A distinct drawback being surrounded by ladies?	INCONVENIENCE
Appreciated November in botanic gardens	KNEW
Be discriminating by gender, shunned by society	EXIST
Correct to protect a tree	OAK
Cut head off smooth and glossy vegetable	LEEK
How booze regularly destroyed member of an orchestra	OBOE
Inactive entry permit I have	PASSIVE
Infant on time, excited for children’s TV, perhaps	INFOTAINMENT
Lake of Caledonian Highlands, primarily	LOCH
Last of this beer found in market	SALE
Last to finish cure, getting rid of cold	ENDURE
Liverpool team must lose weight at all times	EVER
Notable runner that’s out of order is not wanted back	non-returnable
Occasion at home — with attitude	INSTANCE
Rogue in police investigation for a series of drops	CASCADE
Skin put around early satellite	SPUTNIK
Small joint construction company on the Clyde might do this?	SHIPBUILDING
Some now restless to fight	WRESTLE
Start to fall asleep — lecturer is taken aback	NOD
Stops money orders by telephone	CHECKS
Superficial view about warm-hearted papa	skin-deep
Tell everyone girl’s put on weight	ANNOUNCE
Unthinking reaction of strangely keen fool	knee-jerk
Vassal city of Belgium	LIEGE