The Times Cryptic October 28 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27807
Clues	Answers
Argives initially invading pain an old Greek	ACHAEAN
As thief may be, and trapeze artist occasionally?	caught in the act
Back-to-back, various graduates dance	SAMBA
Bliss in getting back having sacked a great city	NINEVEH
Cavalry is pressing round flank	IRONSIDES
Community workers side with morphing, vengeful trio	EUMENIDES
Continue to suppose parking not required	RESUME
Deposing leader in panic is blunder	ERROR
Duck carried in evil air	VOICE
Example given by ancients originally	INSTANCE
Fruit taken by river vessel diverts animals	Hippopotamuses
Glower from club regular, not the first	EMBER
Go round twice at speed	OOMPH
Instrument in boat capsized under fire	SACKBUT
Lovely surprise?	BOMBSHELL
Native American soldier turned horse in a circle	ARAPAHO
Nonconformist group associated with heretic	UNITARIAN
Perished outside Luxor, finally preserved as mummy?	DRIED
Pirate very shortly at sea in armed vessel	PRIVATEER
Plant key beneath reptile house	ASPHODEL
Plant's core yielded base for tequila	AGAVE
Report framing left-winger's apathy	BOREDOM
Saw person wandering in empty pub	PROVERB
Second-hand German missile decayed	VICARIOUS
Shade offered by some forest in Germany	TINGE
So much French spirit causes outburst	TANTRUM
Sticks in America an advantage with crops	BOONDOCKS
Tear a strip off floor covering	CARPET
Transport bound for moon? Small steps with it?	SPACESHIP
Welshman drinking French wine cold, as was Leonardo	da Vinci
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1732
Clues	Answers
Bird's repeated note	DODO
Bone that is broken in accident, first of all	TIBIA
Brawl's beginning after pub remark that's hurtful	BARB
Contracted second hospital to manage most of Kent	SHRUNKEN
Crustacean is lean crab, minced	BARNACLE
Dish: take hearts of some eels, feta and stew	OMELETTE
French restaurant chain mostly needs supporters up front	BRASSERIE
Instrument that's for holding ice cream	CORNET
King meeting unruly body of soldiers	REGIMENT
Lengthen professional treatise	PROTRACT
Noble and key united game	DUCHESS
OAP perhaps is bold going topless, I note	OLDIE
Pelted with rocks, who's ending in dents all over?	STONED
Returning friend's bad make-up	SLAP
River delta round top of Nile	DON
Son has method to persuade	SWAY
Song to perform without piano	LAY
Sort you'll find in shanty, perhaps	TYPE
Strange Argentine fruit	TANGERINE
Supervisor carrying tea for each one shortly	CHAPERON
Trial about old play such as King Lear	TRAGEDY
Unavoidable death of obese European	FATE
Wandering rodent getting in damaged rice	ERRATIC
What can run on green power, after replacing lead	MOWER
What get-out clause may do regarding rental agreement	RELEASE
What's needed for mass change, reportedly	ALTAR