The Times - Cryptic - October 23, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26237 - October 23, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
A flawless person recalled as great	MEGA
A lad should lose yen for road race — it's a disgrace	ABOMINATION
Ancient note penned by this writer's heartless opponent	IMMEMORIAL
Bad legal document that's cut wife out	ILL
Bank in south London district not in good shape	CAMBER
Bearing's components swapped around, sinking	GOINGUNDER
Bungling bishop lost touch with head of parish	BOTCHUP
Cleaning item quiet academician found in archaeological exercise	DISHRAG
Dog and master spotted in European capital after party	DOBERMAN
Dressed-up females naughty boss admired, nothing becoming one	BRIDESMAIDS
Duck with grand bill on top of barrier	GADWALL
Element of herbal medicine maybe	BALM
Financial crisis beginning to end — little hesitation to supply one-off payment	LUMPSUM
Fool set about making cash	TIN
Footballer and comic actor? They do well in bookshops	BESTSELLERS
For food plant, foreign character put in soil modifier	PEANUT

Clues	Answers
Getting rid of little woman with a series of letters	DISPELLING
Given external funds, plant religious institutions	MONASTERIES
I took the prize for recitation	ONE
Lose hope of boy finding still water	DESPOND
Mechanise with 27 leaving part of newspaper office	DESK
Minimal power cut? Thank goodness for that!	PHEW
More than one home or house having substances in jars?	HOSPICES
Part of garden in which ruler gets covered in soil	BEMIRED
Plants? Insect beginning to starve nibbles first of them	LOTUSES
Report of Cockney in resistance unit	OHM
Ring to declare invalid not fit for operation	ANNULUS
Saint rarely using it to pen article	IGNATIUS
Short programme on British dish	SYLLABUB
Teachers seen as poor performers, wasting time	RABBIS
The devilish underworld can alarm	DISMAY
Yelling with stick when love affair is admitted	CLAMOURING