The Times - Cryptic - December 17 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27536
Clues	Answers
Attendant nurses are not family	PARENTAGE
Beer makes you rather fat	STOUT
Bury's season failing to start	INTER
Capital that is raised comes through British channel	BEIRUT
Divorcee, one in bed to take advantage of	EXPLOIT
Does it turn up regularly in earthy clod?	OCHRE
Free debates initially discussing support for the retired	BEDSTEAD
Heard credit issue upset independent type	lone wolf
Hitherto elegant, sadly exposed	in the altogether
Hurried hospital visitor might make this easy	STRAIGHTFORWARD
Irishman called out, visibly cold in shade	nile blue
Land surrounding area in Pacific seaport	SEATTLE
Last despite expectations	after all
Maybe fail to show support for party	BEANO
One's dropped into the French river __ here's rest!	LEISURE
Precision returns after scrapping vehicle plant	YUCCA
Reform movement curtailed Christmas breaks	CHARTISM
Royal household cool about second romance	COURTSHIP
Set out at night __ wind diminished in valley	DENTURE
Shaking tambourine, not our sort of music	AMBIENT
Shrub one humped round lake to Iowa's west	CAMELLIA
Sleep with old man who dominated Europe	NAPOLEON
Some silverware for degenerate	ATROPHY
Something with cups most needed for bottle	BRAVERY
Sound made by euphoric woman __ one’s supposed to laugh?	HYENA
Spectral deity visiting London region	RAINBOW
Supports present but makes no move	stays put
Team missing whistle at Twickers?	no-side
Tree where duck engaged by trilling notes?	BAOBAB
Virtues shown by monarch in swirling mist	MERITS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1506
Clues	Answers
A street in New York is unpleasant	NASTY
Administrator, an ordinary person keeping grip on island one way and another	COMMISSIONER
Article on French department reveals everything	the lot
Bird in stream hiding head	ROOK
Chelsea erred __ unruly supporters egging others on	CHEERLEADERS
Comedian with repeated hesitation, one stumbling around?	DODDERER
Cruel person being unhappy is repentant ultimately	SADIST
Depicted as tense	DRAWN
Drink with gritty stuff, hard to get swallowed	SHANDY
Good person, a German author	STEIN
Grumble when vehicle has minimal power	CARP
Honoured officer is bearing down on worker toeing the line	OBEISANT
Judge having people at party __ no end of merriment	GUESS
Man on board trying to avoid a mate	KING
Medical student trained to be so humane	HOUSEMAN
Novice maybe finding Aintree tricky	TRAINEE
One of an older generation having son react badly	ANCESTOR
Organised games after short time bringing delights	TRANSPORTS
Parade gets a bit of support	STRUT
Period of aspiration suffering setback, Conservative admitted	EPOCH
Socially inept fellow participating in dinner-dance	NERD
Speech at end of month to present gong?	DECORATION
Unusual name given to one flowering plant	ANEMONE
You and I to descend on mostly pebbly seaside resort	WESTON