The Times - Cryptic - September 1 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 909

Clues	Answers
Aintree desperate for apprentice	TRAINEE
Birds take issue with pastry dishes	MAGPIES
Competition level terrific at first	EVENT
Cooler close to cliff edge	FRIDGE
Descriptive of good food, ginormous starter massive	GASTRONOMICAL
Dog — a figure following cat, initially	CANINE
Ending in despair, two biblical characters help	RELIEVE
Fighting to swallow iron biscuit!	WAFER
Figure out, only about five	SOLVE
Flimsy Italian buns thrown around street	INSUBSTANTIAL
French river, one entering mythology	LOIRE
Head of trade fit for the board	TABLE

 

Clues	Answers
Little bit of time	MINUTE
Match, perhaps, easier to pick up	LIGHTER
Mountain always is found in France	EVEREST
Old article, quite shabby	ANTIQUE
Selfish Indian opener is a contender, surprisingly	INCONSIDERATE
Serious eastern winds	EARNEST
Strange brew in a drinking establishment	wine bar
Support leader in bitter contest	BRACE
This crossword setter supports the idea	THEME
Turn peeled potato into middle of tureen	ROTATE
Within the rules, blonde/fuddy-duddy partnership?	fair and square
Written backwards in telegram, magical letter from Greece	GAMMA

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26819

Clues	Answers
'Let' called out for all to hear	ALOUD
A bishop tucked into wine, nearly getting sudden attack	AMBUSCADE
A commercial vehicle carries one of the birds	AVIAN
A flirtatious note grabbing large assistant	ACOLYTE
Arranging flowers like bananas to some extent	IKEBANA
Begin year hosting a local doctor's prenuptial bash	stag party
Bloody Chambers, an endless nuisance!	ATRIA
Course advisor dumps most of period	TIPSTER
Cycle material primarily on side facing leader	MOPED
Dog harness covering Rover's head	TRACK
Drunkard approaching very big climax, as it were	so to speak
Film second struggle	MOVIE
Firm flips label on a line showing several faces	OCTAGONAL
He puts people out from busy tiny shop on time	HYPNOTIST
It grows down river in Germany	EIDER

 

Clues	Answers
Like some kids left to be treated by daughter	bottle-fed
Maybe PA's brief, pithy and cryptic way	shorthand typist
One fanatic accepting penny contribution	INPUT
One taking off, or opening up, in a way	AEROPLANE
Pepys said, hiccupping: 'It gives me wind problem'	DYSPEPSIA
Plain old boy, one stopping you on the Champs Elysees	OBVIOUS
Raise home counties sheep	set up
Spike publicity about golf	PRONG
Still keen to be hugged by sailor	PHOTO
Study fashionable English ship’s speed	READINESS
To win only in bullring’s location?	on the nose
Train almost bankrupt minor carrier	school bus
Trendy auditors pinching a bishop's behind	in arrears
Wearing pelt cape after pub brawl in NW town	barrow-in-furness
Who remunerates quiet philosopher?	PAYER