The Times Cryptic November 3 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27812
Clues	Answers
A long time going round the Colosseum?	ARENA
Become angry about Republican surge	STREAM
Beer drinking backbencher maybe on English vote: it's a warning	EXAMPLE
Constable collection can be seen here	new scotland yard
Cut pace and lose out	ESCALOPE
Damn shame pleb's on the loose	BLASPHEME
Dignified female author holding sway	DOWAGER
Dire fare cooked only for a few	RAREFIED
Eccentric offering of a tea shop?	FRUITCAKE
Health hazard in the Commons? Run for it!	HOUSEFLY
Island of our forebears eerily empty	ANGLESEY
Less than 50% of women do without support financially	ENDOW
Losing power, call Hebridean destination	SKYE
Perhaps clutch ring worn by daughter	PEDAL
Philosopher a product of Yale, they say	LOCKE
Place of learning and inspiration? Let me see	MUSEUM
Plant parasite almost engulfing top of tree	LOTUS
Produce books devoured by grumpy old woman	trot out
Radical change sees tribal leader quoted in court	shake-up
Remote spot: D for the cruciverbalist?	the back of beyond
Repeatedly manhandle fruit	PAWPAW
School actors in retreat concerning programme maker	PODCASTER
Shelter provided by social worker in house	lean-to
Star cooped up, putting on some weight	PENTAGRAM
Supporter heading west astride a horse	ARAB
Upset teacher grabbing unmarried mum	BOTHERED
Very like a member of a Motown group?	SUPREMELY
Where you might be kept waiting for a bit of bread?	DOORSTEP
Who'll guide a dreamer lost without plan at first?	map reader
Wife leaving layabout, one often found in bed?	ASTER
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1736
Clues	Answers
A lot of insects needing southern heat	SWARM
Aims often broken?	MANIFESTO
Apologetic with small truck not starting	SORRY
Destructive insect __ place has tons	LOCUST
Diamond perhaps with slight, not light, colour	STONE
Each evening going on railway	EVERY
Greek character's cold greeting	CHI
Hang around cloister after chapter and saint have left	LOITER
Hit with a band	BELTED
Hitchin caller regularly observed hard water in winter	ICICLE
Long time shut up in seraglio	ERA
Loom I repair without pressure	IMPEND
Lunatic or amusing fool?	IGNORAMUS
No bridge partners surpass uninterruptedly	non-stop
One third of twelve __ not odd number	ELEVEN
Pet frightens with head right down	CARESS
Power or oil frequently turned up in list of investments	PORTFOLIO
Stadium housing second Lima football team	ARSENAL
Swindle with pie lacking English seafood	SCAMPI
Thinking of confusing VAT incomplete	CONTEMPLATIVE
Turning paler, initially suffer extreme return to bad health	RELAPSE
Utter professional has word with civil engineer	PRONOUNCE
What has metal core working with good capture?	ELECTROMAGNET
Wine with tea, not quite the greatest joy	CHABLIS