The Times - Cryptic - September 14 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27769
Clues	Answers
Actor coached with one in test of speech	ORATORICAL
As hands go to strike, sensible to get behind!	CLOCKWISE
Asian, one chasing a lover around Grand Hotel	AFGHANI
Blue Berets’ former muscle man not bargained for	UNEXPECTED
Carp, the sixth to be found in shrunken state	CAVIL
Child departs, giggling, scratching head	DAUGHTER
Complete journey on bullet train?	round trip
Concealed stock ready for auditor	CACHE
Count 150 bare pens on island	INCLUDE
Daily column includes a drawing	CHARCOAL
Finally struck margin on European food	KEDGEREE
Fish with twit on banks	WRASSE
Gather fuel blanketing heart of Ireland	PLEAT
Going by live data, microbe mutates with it	BIOMETRIC
Heroine Jane securing current high-rise retreat	EYRIE
I'm surprised US broadcaster limits alcohol	CRUMBS
Immoderate posh officer joins gunners	ULTRA
Insert another cartridge left over in study	RELOAD
Kid in stories not exactly well-behaved, for example	LITOTES
Left revolutionary in charge of hot line?	TROPIC
Nice way to host knight, ancient character	RUNE
One who regrets maybe taking in Liberal leader	RULER
Plan for a stack in Perth to be withdrawn	FORMULA
River Ure guide undergoes training, as is proper	de rigueur
Rug and anorak more than enough to cover African	UGANDAN
Separate trip taking in golf game	PARTRIDGE
Small articles breach crazy paper's title	MASTHEAD
Smart little Euphemia collects just over 100 books	EFFICIENT
Star, say, visiting Virginia	VEGA
Trouble with English sailors netting duck's wing part	AILERON
Victor's wife leaving ring circling bull	INNER
Worry about troops governed by D-notice	DREAD
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1700
Clues	Answers
Ambush __ hazard of course	TRAP
At first really envious, eying fine part of sail	REEF
Big canal boat bachelor put aside for learner	LARGE
Big number, including other ranks, in swampy area	MORASS
Bright in South __ linger on	STARRY
Concur __ a craving must be curtailed	AGREE
Education expert, most senior, flexible	MONTESSORI
Fancy horse, Peru, one to bet on in crisis?	SUPERHERO
Feature of car used in hasty retreat	TYRE
Female cut turkey	FLOP
Friend hiding European ring	PEAL
Getting Old Boy practice after resistance dropped	OBTAINING
Guarantee less than accurate reportedly	UNDERWRITE
In favour of quiet support	PROP
Method of travel on rise? Don’t believe him!	LIAR
Opening remark in ship on Arctic?	ice-breaker
Paid poet on regular basis for musical instrument	PIPE
Politician’s Dad you heard on series of items	POPULIST
Rearrange a space as in inland lake	caspian sea
Some yoga __ the recruits assemble	GATHER
Taciturn guy’s unexpected story about East	OYSTER
Troublemaker’s air got at cast	AGITATOR
Truly reflect Michigan trio of Republicans holding office at outset	MIRROR
Unexciting food, for example, Dorothy’s briefly brought up	STODGE
Vehicle characterized by activity, last to go	BUS