The Times Cryptic November 27 2020 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27833
Clues	Answers
After alcohol, kiss boy or girl	ALEX
After drink, Englishman abroad welcomes plug for Indian food	POPPADOM
After sectarian conflict, dispatch part of army deployment	post-reformation
Bow milliner, perhaps, put on line second	LATTER
Damned instigator of riot has charged around	ACCURSED
Duck appears from the east without its head	SMEE
European Pope defending rogue pleasure-seeker	EPICURUS
Fancied a military man in tight denim	IMAGINED
Gutted, Edgar was on the bench, perhaps an unknown substitute	ERSATZ
I'm not sure highly colourful clothes will be for the general public	EXOTERIC
I'm surprised by refusal to back name-giver	EPONYM
Just bank on reversal of rating	BARELY
Lucifer may be here, game to fight	MATCHBOX
Male with head turning for Sally	bon mot
Model soldier like millions	PARADIGM
One's inclined to travel in this vehicle and clear off	cable car
Ornament put away rapidly on spike	NECKLACE
Release men thus possessing a legal right	EASEMENT
Reptile quietly buried in ground	TERRAPIN
Rest breaks around bad climbing frame	TRELLIS
Rugby player's leg with which ball may be struck	BACKSPIN
Something burning affected tree close to copse	CAMPFIRE
Supporter lost ground in a sport	APOSTLE
Sweet course not finished by bishop	SYLLABUB
Touching new peach, extremely gentle heat	REPECHAGE
Virtuous person knowing formal behaviour	STARCH
Visitors arrived in greater numbers around British seaside resort	MORECAMBE
With poles, carrying current mechanical beings	ANDROIDS
Wrong about temperature, which won't be perishing	IMMORTAL
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1754
Clues	Answers
A curmudgeon finally put in a few coins, showing remorse	PENANCE
A lieutenant: he meets a lady	ALTHEA
After a nap returned to order a cigar	PANATELLA
All aboard on convertible, crossing motorway: it might move very slowly!	abnormal load
Back in street, bedraggled person owed money	DEBTEE
Buddhist monk taking in sinful erotic dance	LAMBADA
Country fellow at home, visiting a Royal Academician	ARGENTINA
Crackers I turn to in food processing	NUTRITION
Don’t vote for this party?	BEANO
Garland that is large put up	LEI
Girl I left in meadow	LEILA
In need of repair, once, a boat	CANOE
Italian resort: in one south of border	RIMINI
Local from NE coming round at four	NATIVE
Nan’s wild embraces much disturbed German composer	SCHUMANN
One converting to book form, turning over lines	noveliser
Religious instruction for Catholic? Problem is Mass without English	CATECHISM
Row with newspaper boss ended fast?	DINED
Stuff that’s sweet and endlessly virtuous?	GOO
Surprised reaction from one in healthy state	well i declare
Test in term: is able to appear regularly	TRIAL
Trio cease perversely making things obscure	ESOTERICA
Turning up in Ratibati a wild, thorny plant	wait-a-bit
We must be engulfed in sadness: that’s amazing!	WOWEE