The Times - Cryptic Crossword Answer - October 23, 2014

Clue	Answer
An innocent artist captures hearts in palace	ALHAMBRA
BBC boss wearing electronic tag has time for mate	ENDGAME
Bird up through dip that removes oil etc	DETERGENT
Blue act entertains crowd	DEPRESSED
Compiler is ready — solver reportedly unprepared	IMPROMPTU
Diamonds! Diamonds are really cool	ICED
European sports team was in van not allowed home	EXILED
Eyesore includes north-south road block	STYMIE
Failed attempt as one warm kiss leads to split	NEARMISS
Famous line in unoccupied zone going across Sinai afresh (2,3,2,2,6)	NOMANISANISLAND
Further carnage — monarch fleeing attack	ONSLAUGHT
Gangster disembowelled musical relative	GRANNIE
Hard to communicate in Barnet?	HAIR
Horseless champion succeeded in love	EROS
I must replace fowl's second egg for crow	ROISTER
Is child to have to skip about? There's no agreement	DISSONANCE
Major training agents in vacated sawmill	SPECIAL
One old Iranian drinks quietly in bar	IMPEDE
Organism spreads to consume upper-class twit	IGNORAMUS
Republican in appropriate flying machine	DRONE
Sceptical sort, very illuminated, sips mixture brought in	SOLIPSIST
Some of them I take to shed	EMIT
Something added is a letter dictated	ANNEXE
Start to harness pressure in bomb	SPEED
Summit Peak for one on Alps rambling with me	PLEONASM
Sweet talk from costly workers in medical unit	ENDEARMENT
The writer, drunk outside hotel, an American	MINNESOTAN
Val leaving Opposition shows character	AMBIENCE
Where fresh rain comes to inundate island?	MICRONESIA