The Times - Cryptic - June 26 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27701
Clues	Answers
Article about friend __ all in French __ becoming monster	LAMIA
Clever __ when full of worry is inclined to give up	DEFEATIST
Composer's third and fifth maybe	INTERVALS
Covering needed by thatcher	HATCH
Devil bumping off king in capital?	MONEY
Feature provided by architect is arc strangely positioned	CHARACTERISTIC
Firm is business without any piece of legislation	COMPACT
Fruit became more fashionable	ROSEHIP
Happiness interrupted by supervisor that's cut short loud game	Chemin de fer
Hunt maybe led by artist and explorer	RALEIGH
Lunar feature of note, not well covered	RILLE
Male in truth that is the type to exude charm	SMOOTHIE
Mismanages boy, tiny, limited by teachers	maladministers
Mostly get on well with the fellow offering banality	CLICHE
Move awkwardly as lass gaining speed outside university	GALUMPH
My old suspicion is voiced __ pay attention!	mind out
Number turning up in protest __ who don't republicans want?	MONARCH
One bird or another crossing river with duck	HERON
One Greek character or another abandoning university after end of course	EPSILON
Person wanting payment cheated, we hear	DUN
Pole leaving Egypt on a journey to safety	aarons rod
Potential grub for horse __ eats food round end of day	HAYSTACK
Potter having a stint on Scottish island	muck about
Processed mincemeat I had originally: that takes us back!	time machine
Rhetorical device in stories enthralling small child	LITOTES
Talk and pant, no end	GAS
Those people joining cricket side stop improving	on the mend
Warm hospital with encouragement to enjoy food	heat up
Woman's number, having changed sides	ETHEL
Yours truly's taking in good female American who needs education	IGNORAMUS
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1644
Clues	Answers
All others in post office can be very quick	PRESTO
Australian flyer has to shift equipment by air without one	BUDGERIGAR
Carriage driver’s optimism about a public disturbance	CHARIOTEER
Cover coolants regularly going missing	COAT
English reputation lies initially in painted artwork	ENAMEL
Girl swallowing aluminium for a fever	MALARIA
He will ring in greeting	HELLO
I’m one who carries for international trader	IMPORTER
Joke about girl being strictly moral	PURITAN
Liven up by means of hot spice	PEPPER
Marksman getting small owl, perhaps	SHOOTER
Mediterranean port area	ACRE
Mischievous about remaining beggar	IMPOVERISH
Mist surrounding river amphibian	FROG
Nearly go running through all four seasons	YEARLONG
Rather sour tonic tends to go off	DISCONTENT
Rub out because put in before	ERASE
Sit awkwardly in ceremonial uniform in agony	DISTRESS
Spicy rice, alluring eastern cuisine (one wants seconds!)	PILAU
Start on introducing exercises	OPEN
Type of children’s book heroine mostly following it	ITALIC
Understood vase is rarely open	TACITURN
Vegetable is cold and tough	CHARD
Volcanic opening about to swallow tree	CALDERA