The Times - Cryptic - June 30 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Times - Cryptic - Times Cryptic No 27704
Clues	Answers
Ambitious person has trouble with father over time	CAREERIST
An achievement to restrict luminescence over the moon	DELIGHTED
Ancient blubber and bone one processed	NIOBE
Brew infused with Australian fruit upset writer	Emile Zola
Central idea in article by this compiler	THEME
Century in midday match: result foregone conclusion?	no contest
Company lacking trade at the outset in recession	TROOP
Doctor reunited with slimmer — problem due to withdrawal	delirium tremens
Finding position, drop airtight container into region at sea	ORIENTING
Flag officer supports right one entering service abroad?	TRICOLOUR
Home to fox, fish and one residing here?	EARTHLING
In the beginning Adam reported temptation as moderate	ABATE
Liberal attending religious place that's closer	LATCH
Locks picked by those experiencing scarcity in Barnet?	HAIRPIECE
Mariner at the end seen in worst French port	BREST
Modern home for Englishman in city	NEWCASTLE
More severe misery to involve vergers in Reims	WORSE
Only two revolutionaries brutally killed	BUTCHERED
Schoolboy is son missed by Baltic citizen	ETONIAN
Self-destructive character in tale rough-sounding Poles related	RUMPELSTILTSKIN
Sentimental, recollected losing cat	NOSTALGIC
Service in French is for an artist	ERNST
Serving vessel first in cruel sea about to founder	SAUCEBOAT
Set aside weapon carried in E-boat?	EARMARK
Shining helmet worn by copper travelling west	LUCID
Shoot dead leaders in rally at Lusaka	LATERAL
That's amazing soldier in Pembroke for example	CORGI
Wanting best position in race run round	ELITISM
Work in Greek island European parliament backed	ILIAD
Workers organised to run in short jacket	TUNIC
The Times - Cryptic - Times Quick Cryptic No 1646
Clues	Answers
A British composer, one who's on the wagon	ABSTAINER
American visiting courts in EU country	AUSTRIA
Anger about chartered accountant's girl	ERICA
Contempt shown by inspector, attorney caught in wrongdoing	DISDAIN
Doctor getting to grips with youth leader's severe pain	GYP
Excel as strategist away on common	OUTGENERAL
Happy to shelter in Europe, perhaps	CONTINENT
Help finish off Italian opera	AID
Large recess in fireplace, so to speak	GREAT
Make insistent demands on section of media	PRESS
Period certain to get us enthralled	SPELLBOUND
Popular ship's officer, one serving time, perhaps	INMATE
Scottish citizen's misguided gag in Wales	GLASWEGIAN
Send down girl who's out of practice in speaking?	RUSTICATE
Smooth chap identifying a European songbird?	sand martin
Sporting a suit in African republic	TUNISIA
Stranger taking a rest at end of garden	ALIEN
Teach girl badly, being exceptionally drowsy	LETHARGIC
Teashop vessel used in our neighbourhood	URN
Tedious routine involving stags in autumn?	RUT
Twist organ a bird uses to fly across river	WRING
Very cold, as a vicious dog might be!	BITING
Woman in Iowa supporting male offspring	SONIA
Your compiler's beyond taking on old painting technique	IMPASTO