The Times - Cryptic - April 20, 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic 26704 - April 20, 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
Act as judge, though initially deprived?	BEREFT
American bird's bloomin' awful score at cricket!	RUDDYDUCK
Area of an enclosure accommodating 25% of reindeer	ACREAGE
Article by the writer's not so lacking in purpose	AIMLESS
Cosmetic applier daughter used in government advert	POWDERPUFF
Creepy-crawly making staff recoil?	DOR
Demon driver with message about opening of lorry plant	TOADFLAX
Discombobulate a weaver — the very lowest	ROCKBOTTOM
Eastern divine introducing a collection of old Norse poems	EDDA
Exercising caution, start to plan simple Latin translation	PRUDENTIAL
Finance manager's throaty sound holding a certain appeal	BURSAR
Gardener English king provided with house	HOER
Garment once sported in Sutton, not Luton?	DOUBLET
Long to be presented in court — the prestige!	CACHET
Magistrate with right to impound European vessel	BEAKER

 

Clues	Answers
Manifold — and oddly problematic at first to clue!	OCTUPLE
Parched conditions I found in road between peak and cape	TORRIDNESS
Politician declares crew to be assembled	STATESMAN
Position of trainee employed at last in crude pastiche	CADETSHIP
Raise a band, being in very high spirits	COCKAHOOP
Ready recovery nipper bet on?	CLAWBACK
Remained sober when speaking	STAYED
Reserve of diamonds kept in bustling centre	RETICENCE
Revamp, touching coat by mistake	REFURBISH
Rotating coil from a primarily reforming age	ARMATURE
Scottish smoker left university and married	LUM
Shock about priest upset prison officer	JAILER
Sort of furniture the woman used as chair outside	SHERATON
Tubes of man visiting surgeon on island	BRONCHI
Wild creature army corps medic observed crossing river	REDDEER