The Times - Cryptic - August 25 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27752
Clues	Answers
Almighty muddle in poem not finally relevant	OMNIPOTENT
Almost entirely lecherous American writer	RAND
At sea stop son boarding a vessel	AVAST
Auntie coming back just the same?	BEEB
Barge capsized shown in national emblem	LEEK
Byron's end portrayed in melancholy lament	MONODY
Collar on dogs or catlike mammals	RINGTAILS
Dad’s Army cast entertaining English illusions	DAYDREAMS
Deer that transformed stops car in dramatic event	coup de theatre
Group for example, east European, appearing in Greek city	the bee gees
Hanger-on in French city initially expecting pay back	REIMBURSE
Horse served in Bordeaux perhaps causing belly-ache	WHINE
Love line and false statement seen in Hardy?	OLLIE
Lying between two rivers, what was that industrial region?	RUHR
One scorer surprisingly able, another satisfactory	Bela Bartok
One's mad having lost this cleaning cloth	RAG
Petersham's much-admired film?	GREATCOAT
Plant in estate well clear of borders	GROUNDSEL
Port not vintage __ enjoy last of Semillon	new haven
Second blast outside is very close	BOSOM
Serviceman in receding tide finds protection	AEGIS
Son left in club to speak explosively	SPLUTTER
Southern Greek character raised total	SUM
Spider-Man's inner skin layer	DERMA
Stay in order to see well-camouflaged creature	stick insect
Stench terrible with decay in New York City	schenectady
What's unimportant as compared with former currency?	beside the mark
With short sudden movement snake gets rodent	JERBOA
Worthless person, erstwhile Prime Minister, shows zest	lemon peel
Youth in the quarter for Valentine's Day?	FOURTEENTH
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1686
Clues	Answers
A model unexpectedly receiving right noble rank	EARLDOM
Affair producing children?	ISSUE
Breaks rest to develop a mode of swimming	BREASTSTROKE
Caucasian soldiers initially installed in Irish islands	ARMENIAN
Condition backed by more senior cricketer, perhaps	FIELDER
Cook disturbed by a noisy quarrel	FRAY
Crucial-sounding place for loading and unloading ships	QUAY
Decline of French people of similar age	DEGENERATION
Giving birth on the farm? __ not being serious!	KIDDING
Going to ground, getting beating	HIDING
Greek character concealing source of this disgrace	STIGMA
Instruction to supply goods called for by the Speaker?	ORDER
Lines by English novelist identifying vegetation	GREENERY
Member of clergy beheaded for crime	ARSON
Memory concerning offertory	RECOLLECTION
Noblewoman’s daughter beginning to understand board game	DUCHESS
One who endures being a carrier of equipment?	BEARER
Reportedly worked flour into dough, as required	NEEDED
Senior citizen taken in by soldiers	OLDIE
She plays a series of jazz chords for law officers	SHERIFFS
Symbol of rank crack troops held at first	SASH
Traitor in Paris who attracts support	QUISLING
Transparency islander lent freely	lantern slide
Type of seabird others rejected	SKUA