The Times - Cryptic - September 26 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 26840

Clues	Answers
A site with no ground or land	ESTONIA
Fire started by phosphorous in match	play-off
Forged coins, not concealing wrongdoing by one twisted individual	CONTORTIONIST
Frenetic come-on, that is ensnaring second husband	ECONOMISE
Host's put in metal fencing area	ENTERTAIN
How far, say, a vehicle must reverse	YARDAGE
I didn't catch that mafioso after a number of shots	PARDON
In no sense upstanding!	LYING
In terms of footballing, United tops a rival for passing quality	FUGACITY
Instruction for players, both sides admitting a poor quarter	LARGHETTO
Less macho military leaders moving home	camper van
Like believers quoted about saving lives	DEISTIC
Northern town favoured one grand welcome	red carpet
One not wanting to leave, accepting day's rest	REMAINDER
Out in public, having done time	OVERT

 

Clues	Answers
Parents crossing river in provincial capital	PARMA
Perhaps cowboy’s well-behaved, doffing cap	ROPER
Person goading Republican after image trouble	PICADOR
Place for opera’s unfinished melody	THEME
Politician's failing here probed by papers	vice president
Prunella, Vanessa and others in the information age	GENERA
Released a single, plugging covers of acoustic number	ANALGESIC
Row extremely raucously outside English servants' room	SCULLERY
Scrub best clothing, note: not available	ELIMINATE
Strain of uncut narcotic	PUREE
Tempo cut by current composer	ALLEGRI
The author's right to drown in beer, creating depression	IMPRINT
Throw out a slippery customer, pocketing ten pence	EXPEL
Tragic figure in work by essayist stealing hearts	OPHELIA
Trimmed blossom: it spread leaves out	OMITS

The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 926

Clues	Answers
A toff, and a saint into the bargain	as well as
Case of fruit: four inside	DATIVE
Coiling up, python constricts small fish	GUPPY
Dicky East took chances with a star	ASTERISKED
Enormous creature, wide and robust	WHALE
European’s pronounced stoop	DEIGN
Horse is put outside the field, finally	STEED
Idle kid’s awfully unpopular	disliked
Little monkey sampling shark-oil at regular intervals	SAKI
Miss a place to put the rubbish	SKIP
Miss sign?	VIRGO
Nationalist is glib about three things	PATRIOT

 

Clues	Answers
Needle and lead missing from PA system	ANNOY
Notorious mafiosi UN sorted out: all but one	INFAMOUS
Panda, etc, trained to perform on stage	tap dance
Pilot ran tour, potentially, here in Bedfordshire?	luton airport
Prime time for grass cutting, it’s said?	HEYDAY
Pull someone across the pond	YANK
Sell track again?	RETAIL
Snakes donkey’s circumventing quietly	ASPS
Staff providing constitutional support?	walking stick
What brings us milder weather and a huge opening flower	gulf stream
Writer’s plagiarism going in different directions	SCRIBE
Yours truly’s opposed to style ultimately fancy	IMAGINE