The Times Cryptic December 9 2020 Crossword Solutions

 

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27843
Clues	Answers
Abbey not quite so upright, receiving onset of lightning strike	down tools
Accepting pressure, substantially cut prominent article	SPLASH
After study put up companion in private Italian course	GNOCCHI
Always contributing to raid as individuals	SEVERALLY
Be a fine scout, tricky to confuse	OBFUSCATE
Bonus run in passage of play by means of wide	OVERTHROW
Breathy sound of dogs reaching pole, having kept north	HUSKINESS
Bribe given to a disreputable house	BUNGALOW
Cope shortened to a considerable extent	FAR
Country has moved a range of mountains	CHAIN
Couple study a length of part of digestive system	DUODENAL
Deficient writing has edge over good stuff	LIPOGRAM
Firm sort of wave in middle of kiss	BUSINESS
Having conducted surgery, pipes up about working to finish all off ?	take no prisoners
Having work in cafe, give up spot in play	waiting for godot
In hearing, assist a woman	ADA
Jet, for example, crossing Peru regularly	SPRAY
Matey greeting from timekeeper we hear before answer	WOTCHA
Mild exposure leads to debility entering university: I'm grateful for admission	DECOLLETAGE
Poster of British lumberjack	BLOGGER
Raised concern about a plant	YARROW
Return to the stage and do double-take?	REACT
Rung in later, shattered	RATLINE
Sharpen pen, being blunt perhaps	HONESTY
Some soldiers not exactly right to return ammunition	TRACER
Sucker with no science subjects upset	STRAW
VIP swaps penthouse finally for a ministerial residence	PARSONAGE
Vodka, lots drunk, I see consumed here?	VLADIVOSTOK
Vote against party	BEANO
Wrong American gets a hole in the head	SINUS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1762
Clues	Answers
Advance benefiting hospital room	FORWARD
Around cut of lamb ribs, stick crispy skin	CRACKLING
Best spinner	TOP
Bird in the pecking order the last, last of all	EGRET
Bit of fun following the blue bird	SKYLARK
Break that's the same!	SNAP
Caribbean actor in Peru, improvised	puerto rican
Country lake on European peninsula	LIBERIA
Cow, for example, one hurting knee?	GRAZER
Food and drink!	TEA
Garment: tailored thing, that is	NIGHTIE
In Marseille, a perfect spring	LEAP
Little spike, we hear, for cut of meat	minute steak
Main letter read out	SEA
Mix-up in letters for settler, say?	ANAGRAM
Not knowing where torch required?	in the dark
Order I'm to send back for cereal grass	MILLET
Right deal I arranged for phone again	REDIAL
Seeing problem certainly in damaged retina	EYESTRAIN
Short of breath, bird tiring in the end	PUFFING
Skinny and without teeth, what's-his-name?	THINGUMMY
Son entering extra code name	MORSE
Those with stripes, good in lines	TIGERS
Vessel in China or Taiwan	AORTA
View what could be acute?	ANGLE
Virtually broken vehicle	BUS