The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic Crossword Answer - September 3, 2014

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic Crossword AnswerSolutions - September 3, 2014

Clue	Answer
Amuse oneself making dessert	TRIFLE
Asian pin-up seen swimming under river	NIPPONESE
Bloomer, possibly, to be idle	LOAF
Boat of shabby appearance carrying heroin	DINGHY
Boring idea, to go unsteadily north	YAWN
Composer's preserve in African country – and ours, reportedly	BENJAMINBRITTEN
Dog's bed judge secured in Northern Ireland	BASENJI
Domestic servant one's crazy about!	MAID
English nurse once touring south German city	ESSEN
Ex-pupil feasted regularly, becoming so?	OBESE
Foolish person stunned by goat?	SILLYBILLY
Foremost of beasts like sheep – or like cattle	BOVINE
Game to take spirituous liquor on motor yacht	RUMMY
Girl's sibling mostly departs without aid	UNASSISTED
Horse-drawn vehicle runs over yob in army	TROIKA
Ideally happy city girl in Wales?	ELYSIAN
Instruction to prince to go to far left in engagement?	BETROTHAL
Japanese art fiddle covered up by old friend in Paris	ORIGAMI
Oddly this also initially confused a historical annotator	SCHOLIAST
Possibly a diamond dealer will have it in hand	CARD
Pressing senior officer to block departure route	EXIGENT
Prison officer sometimes needing a good turn from a driver?	SCREW
Question a graduate propping up a Middle East port	AQABA
See church worker entering right part of Greater Manchester	CANTERBURY
Sensational component of land I ruled over	LURID
Sort of farming event is in turmoil	INTENSIVE
Statements of opinion concerning theatre shows?	REPRESENTATIONS
Superior figure miners take a long time to respect at first	NUMERATOR
Take life gently somehow? Not for very long	FLEETINGLY
US city slum adopting Republican rather slowly	LARGHETTO