The Times - Cryptic - August 5 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27735
Clues	Answers
A poem by Byron ultimately artless	NAIF
A ton wasted with credit diminishing	DETRACTION
Almost all cheating to get European title	FRAU
Amongst pointed objects, men discover scissors	pinking shears
Batting with no indication of time, completely overwhelmed	INUNDATED
Catch that's catchy?	HOOK
Content of book appears to be skewed in TV programme	soap opera
Figure of male grabbed by itinerant breaking free	RHOMBOID
Final points in remit resolved	TERMINI
Fish in catch, one monster hauled up __ snapper?	crocodilian
Fish struggle to stay afloat	FLOUNDER
Island nation never accepted ultimatum, riling union leaders	NAURU
Lapse, not bad for sailor	SIN
Medal Regius Professor initially suggested?	purple heart
Old poet in middle of school run	HORACE
One of those on the fiddle __ and bit of a racket?	STRING
Out of bed and on one's feet, honest	UPSTANDING
Person taking photograph, you might say __ one's spread out?	PICNICKER
PM in place less cultivated?	HEATH
Raise a second monster	COCKATRICE
Rotten cricket side	OFF
Sample of crystal clear powder	TALC
Simple piece of music couple picked up in China?	CHOPSTICKS
Stick this person in part of Sydney	BONDI
Stomach device briefly placed under jaw	GASTRIC
Strict order of mail train so arranged	formalisation
Trees burning somewhere in Hampshire	ALDERSHOT
Try series of motorbike races, a must	GOTTA
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1672
Clues	Answers
Be out longer than intended having finished taking skins up	OVERSLEEP
Commercial securing India’s support	AID
Country health resort, fashionable	SPAIN
Credit facility line	CREASE
Dad’s Army, right for Elvis, say?	pop star
Daughter with Yankee beau	DANDY
End street work	STOP
Forgo leer every so often __ this one?	OGLE
Fuss about vocab omitting British fruit	AVOCADO
Got up to display national emblem	ROSE
Highlights importance of introduction of safety locks	STRESSES
Large area, no doubt __ maybe Asia, some suggest initially	LANDMASS
Like Great Bear, some mariners tell a rookie	STELLAR
Clues	Answers
Maybe past worrying	TENSE
Nit-picking editor briefly in small room off kitchen?	PEDANTRY
Pair, ignoring me, come up with article in French	COUPLE
Recalling a number one island	IONA
Renegade can’t tour after review	TURNCOAT
Sadly it may fall __ hurry!	TEAR
Second trite idea leading to derision	SCORN
Skill at crossing river	ART
Something loathed in gymkhana, the mare?	ANATHEMA
Sweetheart’s lively valley do	LADYLOVE
Test racer smashed vehicle!	STREETCAR
Time of day to return unchanged	NOON
Welcome referring to Church the writer’s supporting	RECEIVE