The Times - Cryptic - July 16 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27718
Clues	Answers
A lawyer taking exercise to get fit	ADAPT
Beasts, one incorrectly branded with wrong mark	OXEN
Blow nose over end of sink	KNOCK
Caught out, protest against race for connoisseur’s piece	objet dart
Cover fire in silence	SHEATH
Dish out pounds, with plenty about	ALLOT
Drug taken by US office-holder repelled bug	PEEVE
Fine weather preferred for smart turnout	sunday best
I comply with movement of games	OLYMPIC
Intend to keep a large brood, not just one litter	palanquins
Lacking some energy, my child’s vehicle not working	on strike
Like rock, and into soft country music	PASTORALE
Mark papers to be returned by a reviewer	DIACRITIC
Men break into short leap and bowl	JORUM
Method to get cold hen quite cooked	TECHNIQUE
Offer at lower price than tenderloin?	UNDERCUT
One in fifty backing East German city overall	TENNESSEE
One soon joining chapter?	CANON
Painting medium under discussion away from university	MATISSE
Perhaps poop extremely loose, showing ragged edge	DECKLE
Quietly suggest being so typically adolescent?	PIMPLY
Rope’s end quickly on back __ that awaited some criminals	NOOSE
Ruin contribution to Nessun Dorma?	UNDO
Seek actor for stirring poetic quartet	East Coker
Soon collecting six Roman grandees, initially in old papal residence	AVIGNON
Subject enamel to damage, dropping tar in	AMENABLE
Supporters recited no poetry	PROSE
Temple walk, maybe, in flat area	PAGODA
Think about beginning to make a holder for perfume	POMANDER
Trained horse, regularly nervy, to submit	EVENTER
Unruly mobs almost beat this rap	GANGSTA
What pensive writer may give club	NIBLICK
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1658
Clues	Answers
A couple of books __ Biblical books __ shown by religious leader	ABBOT
Be a chauvinist, dismissing leader	EXIST
Black bird and dog	BEAGLE
Canadian policeman allowing second to go free	UNTIE
Commercial I ignored in broadcast TV aired	ADVERT
Criticise fool with a mining tool	NITPICK
Deaf old fellow’s first to appear in severe part of court case	hard of hearing
Doctor and a copper taking on the French vampire	DRACULA
Extraordinary to pleb, winning game	tenpin bowling
Floor coverings rolled back in area displaying grit	STAMINA
Legal action about soldiers in line	CREASE
Love to search a maze of rooms?	HONEYCOMB
Name borne by quiet anonymous Irish river	SHANNON
One drawing a tall building	TOWER
Plan to perform in an instant? Not quite	TACTIC
Quantity of wine, say, knocked back in boozy spree	BINGE
Rich person, one upset by probing magazines	MONEYBAGS
Row about two appearances of good friend to Pooh	TIGGER
School is beginning to mend split	SCHISM
Security, for example, involving iron anklet ultimately	SAFETY
Shout after covering each kilometre, making harsh sound	CREAKY
Unacceptable opinion in item not shown on TV?	out-take
Weapon getting attention in company	FIREARM
Where you may see golfers run out in great quantity	TROON