The Times - Cryptic - December 21, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26287 - December 21, 2015 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
A little artistic talent in couture, a sellout on tour	TOULOUSELAUTREC
A shade down alongside ring and two crosses?	OXFORDBLUE
A smashing song for children?	TENGREENBOTTLES
Church screen rose when moved to obscure cardinal	REREDOS
Delicate creature in musical requiring nude performance	HAIRSTREAK
Eleven arms?	ARSENAL
Engineer continued behind the scenes?	UNNOTICED
Figure leader of Conservatives back in office	DECAGON
First notes in report nicely written up	INTRO
Fish tails from dinner you discard, horrid	RUDD
Following worker, perhaps, upset Scandinavian king is cross	BEEFALO
For example, a hundred and nine dinosaurs	SQUARES
In a particular column, alter verb that's irregular	VERTEBRAL
In retreat, testament hard for Holy Roman Emperor	LOTHAIR

Clues	Answers
Live in the lap of luxury under leadership of dictator	DWELL
Measure of weight written with atomic number of hydrogen gas	OZONE
Observe cloth the wrong way round on brown overalls	DUNGAREES
Opener for Gloucestershire caught by spin, getting top edge	RIDGE
Ornamental style is dismissed by toff — that's taken about a month	ARTDECO
Poisoner has run, heading off	ADDER
Pure ecstasy smuggled in without a hard-core classification?	UNADULTERATED
Queen in love embraced by old date in March?	EQUINOX
Return as it happens, pernicious	EVIL
Saving time, female keeps fresh	LASTS
Scottish island with peculiar trait, as characteristic	ATTRIBUTE
Solar reflector's warmth containing rising Earth temperature	HELIOSTAT
Start on caviar, while queen tucks into fish dish	CASSEROLE
Swimmer with type of school sport	SKATEBOARDING