The Times - Cryptic - August 31 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 908

Clues	Answers
Begrudge diplomat short of nothing	ENVY
Box free? Not quite	SPAR
Discord in street, widespread	STRIFE
Food source for so long	FAREWELL
Group studying remains in ruin	SEMINAR
Heath brought up on foremost of yachts, very spacious	ROOMY
Hide and seek? Not half, on Greek island	SECRETE
Hide vase, cracked — glue provided	ADHESIVE
Last character to be driven out of Cornish town as punishment	PENANCE
Male unwell in factory	MILL
Mimic's short top	APE
Offensive involved Nelson aboard it	INSOLENT
One employed to entertain man in charge is hand-picked	GEISHA

 

Clues	Answers
Orchestra's leader invested in gong? Blow me!	OBOE
Put a price on uranium discovered in glen	VALUE
Quite a couple of lines	ALL
Recording device in jet pack	black box
Shock that head is leaving? I'll say!	RIGHT
Sign made by one supporter following Liverpool's first	LIBRA
Sink full of large fish	FLOUNDER
Snapped after apartment cleaned out	flat broke
Source of fruit provided by old park keeper, Yosemite, primarily	ORANGERY
Story's end read aloud	TALE
Taken by surprise as bowler was?	hit for six
Travel free heading East	RIDE
Wild about editor describing US government?	FEDERAL

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26818

Clues	Answers
A right noise in centre of Asian island	SARDINIA
About to go, ordered the attack with such belligerent words?	take that
Acquiring information at university, after fearing missing first	reading up
Alpine transport loaded with funny cases	LUGGAGE
Arranged seat with sailors at back of ship	ASTERN
Asparagus portion, small, served with avocado?	SPEAR
Brief dog-like whine, base and cowardly	YELLOW
Browned off for a start, tried going outside	TOASTED
Divisional leader wants support of course, guarding RAF conscript	DRAFTEE
Final parts of regular journey for old ship	ARGO
Flirt? Mademoiselle’s that, in bed	COQUET
Good former service for women? The reverse, for men	STAG
Group extremely exuberant after a couple of pints	QUARTET
Hairstyle cut at front and back	FRO
Half of them object to change	EMEND
It's a pity organ accompanies spoken verse	oh dear

 

Clues	Answers
Jam and salt picked up … from this trader?	WHOLESALER
No opening for idle dunce	OAF
Our meal composed of French creamy sauce	REMOULADE
Publication of pay finally accepted by Tyneside labourer	new yorker
Purpose of crenellations, maybe indefinitely	for keeps
Recurrent spot of bother	to-do
Shoddy hat worn by man given lift	CHEAPJACK
Soda maker's horrendous bloomer	damask rose
Stress concerning Southern transport	OVERSTRAIN
Total cancellation of debt	write off
Train apprentices principally in college	TEACH
Travellers initially go astray again, dodging western rocky area	TERRANE
Unrelaxed, yet in shape after exercise?	buttoned up
Welsh girl taking fresh look around	OLWEN
Work repulsing American setter	EMMA