The Times - Cryptic - September 9 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27765
Clues	Answers
Albatross spitting feathers	CROSS
Awaken Greek character, fellow reclining	EVOCATE
Basic things, arguably lousy and tough	nitty-gritty
Better patient of mine, digitally enhanced?	MANICURED
Covered by revolutionary, story in retrospect told	RELATED
Crew after fish __ is that plain?	PIKESTAFF
Face attack	MUG
Food for spineless lot in old assembly	diet of worms
Fourth and fifth in racecourse moving to the front __ one's a colt	TRAINEE
German artist doesn't understand Russian, English and Romanian at first	DURER
Glass, one dropping to the floor?	TUMBLER
Graduate draws in circles __ with this?	COMPASSES
Group beginning to bathe in lake	COMBO
Little chap following pipe down sandbank	SHELF
Little wooden skewer reportedly for meat dish	minute steak
Loco dabbler?	MALLARD
Low dipstick gathering last drop of oil, visible when dark	MOONLIT
Not entirely light batter	LAM
Observing party policy, person's wise to keep schtoom in the end	on-message
Old axes then again taken into battle, ridiculous things	OXYMORONS
One persevering as a judge?	TRIER
Opening exchange to the front	VENTRALLY
Piece of meat removed from menu?	CUT
Reached last of peanut butter sandwiches	got at
Relish swim	DIP
Rules respected? Anaemic affair in store	law and order
Running north to east though not as tricky	on the trot
Topping minister, pioneering politician	ASTOR
Tropical plant fool put in wine	CASSAVA
Value measured in English university	READING
Where peace may be found, love the same way	OASIS
Writer’s aim to hold loon, say, back	gore vidal
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1697
Clues	Answers
A number drink, we hear, and become strained	tense up
Are spectators not entirely showing esteem?	RESPECT
Attend and wake up?	come to
Become quiet? Goodness!	GOSH
Cockney's semi-embarrassed __ he burnt some cakes allegedly	ALFRED
Criticism __ what's expected to come back	RAP
Erin lad's possibly is one?	ISLANDER
Free toilets by end of lane	LOOSE
Give back profit	RETURN
Glance up to see part of castle	KEEP
Helpful words coming out of rescue ships	CUES
I'm Santa, moving around, showing ability to keep going	STAMINA
Number one confronts worker directly	FIRSTHAND
Old, Her Majesty shows some resistance!	OHM
On a slippery slope, taking unnecessary risks?	off-piste
Poet worked hard, endlessly spinning around	ELIOT
Restrained friend crossing European river	MODERATE
Scientist of dodgy ethics taking millions in	CHEMIST
Servant left abandoned by someone playing game	GOFER
Stay in Lincoln with concealed identity	ABIDE
Summary that's accurate except for the last bit	PRECIS
Supporting scheme, man becomes loud and mournful	PLANGENT
Trip in car, overlooking right seedy club!	DIVE
Verbal expression in woman's series of lectures?	DISCOURSE
Women’s stories about a daughter	LADIES
Worker maybe interrupting my choral director	CANTOR