The Times - Cryptic - August 26 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27753
Clues	Answers
A bible in US city for bookworm, perhaps	LARVA
Attractive Exmoor heroine heading off, crazed	ORNAMENTAL
Background of PC that's prepared for hanging?	WALLPAPER
Discharge PM with large following in home counties	SPITTLE
Discover limits of executives' pay	ESPY
Donor somehow keeps workers' group booming	OROTUND
Escape, pinching fanciful tree decoration?	fairy light
Fancy sex turning up in middle of day!	NOTION
Flat shortage with curious result	LACKLUSTRE
Go for higher denomination cash in recession	set on
Injured bird leaves stormy Outer Hebrides for shelter in wood	tree house
Last longer than exhausted enemy leader in conflict	OUTWEAR
Leggy bird, one proceeding with difficulty?	WADER
Line up in entry to perform pirouette	GYRATE
Luscious currants primarily filling bun with sweetness	DOLCE
More genial Liberal let down by the Speaker	MELLOWER
Musical excerpts for which versatile singer not required?	RINGTONES
Non-English issue about to be packed for delivery	DICTION
Old Spanish silver, gallery's property	Real estate
One canon I'd recalled for festival	DIWALI
Present society leading the way	SHOW
Put up with drill	BORE
Recording equipment orbiting globe for space intruder	METEOR
Replace budgie food picked up after half-hearted late feed	SUPERSEDE
Rower hitting front of yacht sinks here, maybe	SCULLERY
Screw, prison's second in annexe	WRING
Sister nursing case of cruel, painful back condition	SCLEROSIS
Song and dance among endless Christmas turns	LULLABY
Stray owls seen heading for recreation ground	OWNERLESS
Stuff youngster carries round	LOAD
Vale in Provence long swathed in gold	ADIEU
What’s found inside vendor sent back	ENDORSE
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1687
Clues	Answers
Alight, boogie!	get down
As lute starts, organ starts too	ALSO
Capital in Asia then, Seoul	ATHENS
Darling goes after bargain a bit	SNIPPET
Don't spend penny on brush	SKIMP
Fashionable joint	HIP
Fish skin, but no head	EEL
For example, the recital's pitiful	ARTICLE
Former lover, large specimen	EXAMPLE
Herb, guru	SAGE
Lanky, like a group of criminals might you say?	GANGLY
Leader, first of those on hand?	top banana
Left going in terribly straight to produce shiner	STARLIGHT
Little time invested in ropey novel, creative work	POETRY
Middle card	HEART
Might one organise the classroom?	SCHOOLMASTER
On top of elevated location, caught cold	CHILL
Passed fingers over material	FELT
Put swimmer on the phone?	PLACE
Sign in trouble, ominously	LEO
Somewhere for the players to hear script that's rewritten	orchestra pit
Sweet animal picked up by the ears?	MOUSSE
This person is underlining a point	AIM
Try getting fit for game	test match
Under pressure to answer, perhaps, immediately	on the spot
Yours truly shut up network	MESH