The Times - Cryptic - August 28 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27755
Clues	Answers
A long number of answers, including right one	ARIA
Activator, oddly inactive for so long	CIAO
Agree to study remedy briefly	CONCUR
Art deco pieces entertaining camper	REDCOAT
Boy having file removed from case of doctor	OSSIE
Christian was one turning cheek, resolute	PILGRIM
Detonating on IOW left weird light in bay	oriel window
Disregard “X” placed under warrant	pass by
Dramatist needing writing instruments of old	SHAWMS
English town ultimately counted cost of untilled ground	sutton coldfield
Feature from wartime film director Lee	anderson shelter
Hired parts necessary for automatic camera	TICCA
Little drama in Wimbledon umpire's words?	PLAYLET
Odd creature with tail also includes a tailless variety	PLATYPUS
Old tracks supposedly set for broadcast by large Spanish lady	ley lines
One's advanced only so far	credit limit
Pat of butter in large glass, just starting to turn	GLIB
Pile in to stop a slippery customer producing something slippery?	banana peel
Rail, perhaps: one to put in shed	hit out
Rich soil with, close by, stock all around	brown earth
Royal grant treated with disdain	ARROGANTLY
Scoff as leader eliminated from qualifier	EAT
Seek to take top off first in public building	crown court
Sheriff, courtesy of grass, arresting old woman	LAWMAN
State syrup, heading off cough, has worked	CYPRUS
Style of cryptic down clue?	TON
Tender, when speaking, for one for whom the earth moved?	OFFA
The twist in Animal Farm, perhaps, as told	PIGTAIL
US historian's description of Amundsen's arrival at Pole?	PRESCOTT
What's to come from retiring second time __ gold chain	TOMORROW
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1689
Clues	Answers
"Invest more somehow" __ politician involved in reforms	IMPROVEMENTS
Acquire maiden maybe and become better after	get over
Daring Bishop facing rant	BRAVE
Desolate pub gets torn apart, almost	BARREN
English person of wisdom outside very good on secret assignments?	ESPIONAGE
Exclusive group with somewhere to sleep north of lake	COTERIE
Flag celebrated with any number coming out	SAG
Former copper's competent and easily forgiven	EXCUSABLE
Good boy is happy	GLAD
Idiot presents ring to a female	OAF
Insult can be hell	DIS
Month ending with out-of-this world group performing	OCTET
Most restricted home gets object tipped inside	NARROWEST
Number, for example, in Bury	INTEGER
People initially inclined to be flexible	PLIABLE
Quiet attempt to encapsulate Old English verse	POETRY
Raider for ever right	FORAYER
Some characters of greater interest for poetic Ireland	ERIN
The old man, artist losing home	PATER
The Spanish moan, upset and weak	FEEBLE
Torment where sick person is confined __ not good	BEDEVIL
Town to prohibit travel before end of war	BANGOR
True dears, awfully precious	TREASURED
Unknown character reported in Devon river	EXE
Walk around bottom of village for serenity	PEACE
Whinger to cry, frightfully embarrassing	CRINGEWORTHY