The Times - Cryptic - August 24 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27751
Clues	Answers
500 idle, maybe, for spell in Caribbean	VOODOO
A few occupying Irish compound	ISOMER
Add up as well as down	TOT
Agree with head office quarry's been identified	tally-ho
Arctic swimmer raced north with Prince Harry	NARWHAL
Bent over London wife's nonsense	double dutch
Capital consumption is breaking bailiff's heart	TBILISI
Emperor's hearing complaint tavern ignored	TITUS
Engineer chap getting work	MANOEUVRE
Exploit voting procedure, producing one-sided document	deed poll
Healthy, inspiring new boxer's one who may win	FINALIST
Hot wind from Morocco is back for the moment	SIROCCO
Huge insect covers a small distance	MAMMOTH
Instantly fancy a go	like a shot
Lacking bottle now, perhaps, like some capsules	UNMANNED
Mark runs animal food stores	STREAK
Number Ten has ruined European continent's housing	ANAESTHESIA
Obscure English drunkard at Morecambe?	ESOTERIC
One sculpting 'Mother and Child'	MASON
Person regularly needing rope to control alien mob	PROLETARIAT
Play character in first book, missing third	NOH
Retired musical group's section of joint	TENON
Revolt due to pact being broken	coup detat
Row about bringing in first of frigates for overhaul	REFIT
Ruin nearly all the planet	MAR
Save Hebridean island lake that's remarkable	EXCEPTIONAL
Sentimental woman gets nothing in return	MAUDLIN
Sketch feature of Rugby, swapping parts	OUTLINE
Tablets not working by the sound of it __ get less	ease off
That's the end of holiday working	YON
Turn chopped fungi over for observer	SPECTATOR
Visit work briefly	call in
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1685
Clues	Answers
Begin extremely late causing alarm	STARTLE
Blunder allowed in one of three	TRIPLET
Book finally shortened	ATLAS
Boy with nothing on a Polynesian state	SAMOA
Busy, cite changes in hours, constant	HECTIC
By the sound of it, yarns for formal wear	TAILS
Cask from Soviet Union	TUN
Domestic servant getting new start is friendly	GENIAL
Flavour of pantries, after refurbishment, captivating Mike	SPEARMINT
Get coat altered in rural building	COTTAGE
Grape is beset by wet weather	RAISIN
Instant credit	TICK
No-good prig in cult __ who's to blame?	CULPRIT
One hoping you buy second drinks for each child	SALESPERSON
Poisonous reptile disconcerts nude no end	RATTLESNAKE
Reminder of broadcast line	CUE
Saying nothing about a temperature change	MUTATE
Seethe as whiskey taken from bather?	SIMMER
Serious listener, home later	EARNEST
Strong reaction in prison	STIR
Tell niece, working, to see customers	CLIENTELE
This decorative item cheers? Not so much, on reflection	TASSEL
Vehicle collecting editor on way back or one used in transaction?	trade-in
Watch maybe as millions lodged in bank	TIMER