The Times - Cryptic - December 18 2019 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27537
Clues	Answers
A bird originally encountered in this writer’s nonsense	MALARKEY
A woman’s idol? Not altogether	HER
All right to pinch a cooker, perhaps? The gall!	oak-apple
Behind time, jettisoning first of boosters over the moon	ELATED
City’s diamonds brought in in case by leading lady	LEICESTER
Conductors from West maybe on second short tour	MAESTRI
Curiosity shown by soldiers in trial cases	INTEREST
Cute American kid, one abandoned by German city family	MUNCHKIN
Eager group of artists?	RARING
English carrier losing right to deliver game	ECARTE
Female journalist beginning to rest on a bishop’s throne	CATHEDRA
Finally bitten by a bloodsucking fly, being bald	NAKED
Financial adviser’s source of healthy food?	bean-counter
Fuss about an enlisted man moving very slowly	ADAGIO
Heart broken, monarch’s touring quiet area of great importance	EARTHSHAKING
Leader of the layabouts eating duke’s fish	TIDDLERS
Odd parts of global state	GOA
Peacekeepers develop wrinkles and ultimately this shambling gait	ungainliness
Popular instrument half of team used to put cannula in	intubate
Prescribed drug Oscar’s removed from post	STATIN
Protective garment some initially make fun of	SMOCK
Provider of security, one using foil?	FENCER
Quietly he accepts a pay increase, the hypocrite	PHARISEE
Resource a girl’s written about in French and Italian	AMENITY
State of rabbit regularly engulfed by tidal water	SERBIA
Unruly bald British ranger, one illegally seizing estate	land-grabber
Vegetable poisonous types take in a meat and tomato sauce	ASPARAGUS
Woman adopting a king’s method of self-defence
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1507
Clues	Answers
American jerk	YANK
Anoraks touted initially by weather watchers?	TRAINSPOTTERS
Connected new treadle	RELATED
Cut some French opals	CHOP
Doctor captures headless French scientist	PASTEUR
Eagle in clumsy descent	LINEAGE
Extremely robust fine	very well
Fictional horse's reward for finishing second	SILVER
Indian proverb: Heads of state usually take religion away	SUTRA
Left port heavily loaded	LADEN
Man up to swallow friend's fiery concoction	NAPALM
Marge might go here, being successful	on a roll
Mocking food in Germany, primarily	SCOFFING
More trouble? Don't start!	OTHER
Nice layouts arranged with great determination	TENACIOUSLY
Perfume from a city in Italy	AROMA
Rich dessert found back in imperial Ceylon	ECLAIR
Runner let into swimming heat	ATHLETE
Sack idle tradesmen from Iran, perhaps	MIDDLE EASTERN
Scavenger's triumphant exclamation, pocketing money	HYENA
Secret agent drinking cold liquor and strong cider	SCRUMPY
Somehow learn of the kidneys	RENAL
Stick advertisement in this location	ADHERE
Support a crazy principle	FUNDAMENTAL