The Times - Cryptic - July 9 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27712
Clues	Answers
Amateur work protecting calmer place where drinks are made	DISTILLERY
Brownie possibly eating meat? It’s Uncle Sam’s picnic	CLAMBAKE
Bucket down, causing hunt assembly to retreat	TEEM
Choose to applaud at first before interrupting stage work	OPERETTA
Civic dignitary from Irish county on seagoing vessel	MAYORESS
Expression of amusement having left lounge	LOLL
Formal note about a church dignitary	PRIMATE
German poet’s idyll finally digested by Republican president	RILKE
Girl turning up with award __ a winged figure	CUPID
Governess has shot at making butter, possibly	nanny goat
Lake bird ultimately happier on home ground	MOORHEN
Line up again for compensation	REDRESS
Motherless calf in US that is faced with canine	DOGIE
One who circumvents hurdles when discussing terms?	NEGOTIATOR
Organisation keeping peace in family court	TRIBUNAL
Palm-greasing bachelor tucking into cheese by railway	BRIBERY
Podgier member, one held in proper regard initially	DUMPIER
Policemen get older? It’s a measure of things!	YARDAGE
Power employed by snow leopard to strike	POUNCE
Practical characters at borders of Hungary?	HANDY
Priest given right to plug team’s sovereign remedies	ELIXIRS
Product of poet __ Frost, by the sound of it	RHYME
Quirky person swallowing an unfounded rumour	CANARD
Sadness quiet girl displays about old soldier going west	POIGNANCY
Sign of tooth decay? Not the first	ARIES
Soldiers propping up a former country in old Anatolia	asia minor
Study racehorse’s record and fit in	CONFORM
Thorny shrub that can be cut by a lively person?	CAPER
Tinny tone upset nobody	NONENTITY
Tree-dweller featuring in sundry advertisements	DRYAD
Type in China working on dairy farm?	MILKING
Urge of significant duration in capital of Greece	LONGING
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1653
Clues	Answers
Alcoholic drink put out near bowl	brown ale
At heart, professional pride the making of these web designers	SPIDERS
Bill’s the judge	BEAK
Boy’s fast time __ when failing to finish	LEN
Celebrate increment, finally, in pay	FETE
Celebrity royal: a snake!	VIPER
Clear goal	NET
Correctional centre in Hampshire media lambasts	REMEDIAL
Crazy bloke in charge	MANIC
Declares about English people getting their own back?	AVENGERS
Dismiss kind, wildly passionate individual	FIREBRAND
Draw rib, shaped as old military plane	WARBIRD
Happier somehow about start of Greek inscription	EPIGRAPH
Loud expert features	FACE
Marks volunteers getting involved in crimes	STAINS
Medical procedure possibly reduced lameness on reflection	ENEMA
Need cart for transporting wine bottle?	DECANTER
One not serving polite Scotsman?	CIVILIAN
Porter maybe astride queen and king’s racehorse	ARKLE
Posh school transforming its fourth famous actress	HARLOW
Saint from this country embraced by the French	LUKE
See name for pet dog?	SPOT
Shut up? About time!	CAGE
Skipper can set about article after international award	CAPTAIN
States “I have a girl’s name”?	AMERICA
Wine lover, extraordinarily voracious creature	WOLVERINE