The Times - Cryptic - November 23, 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - This puzzle was one of three tackled in 60 minutes by the 80 competitors in Heat Two of the 2016 Times Crossword Championship, 65 of them solving it correctly; 28 competitors managed three all-correct solutions. - November 23, 2016

Clues	Answers
A well-chosen gift, fantastic for people at university	TEACHINGFELLOWS
Anger about female bearing first weapon	AIRRIFLE
As seen in Bhopal, a thick stick used as a weapon	LATHI
Black Prince with more up top	BRAINIER
Cove admitted obstruction	INLET
Cut across to Detroit	MOTOWN
Democrat dismissing protest by queen in depression	CRATER
False statements worried Uncle Sam — I must intervene	CALUMNIES
Father Brown finally reveals femme fatale	SIREN
Fatty regularly said 'I am a model'	ADIPOSE
Flower that's opening, found by small daughter	TWEED
Gas discharged by hi-fi component	FIREDAMP
Get rid of five hundred yen	DITCH
Girl from the east put away in prison	NEWGATE
In other words, novel readership one ignored	REPHRASED

 

Clues	Answers
In the city of Paris, mostly, it is part of the service	INTROIT
Large pants not proscribed	LAWFUL
One out for pleasure runs into truck	TRIPPER
One providing stories about drink	REPORTER
Organs not available in gallery	GONADS
Plant in which we made our moves	MEADOWRUE
Poet recollected hedge thus	TEDHUGHES
Round robin's first with it, seeing red bug	IRRITATE
Satisfied with second section of book	CONTENTS
Shortly after niece or nephew starts	ANON
Spotting some of the French in tears	DESCRYING
Stay at home doctor left flower that's found in first-aid kit	STICKINGPLASTER
Wayfarer taking jack up river	HIKER
Where skiers may be missing foremost run	LOPE
Where thousands of Germans are caught with drug, basically	INESSENCE